diff --git a/base_kanban_stage_state/models/base_kanban_stage.py b/base_kanban_stage_state/models/base_kanban_stage.py
index 446139555..aedc9f153 100644
--- a/base_kanban_stage_state/models/base_kanban_stage.py
+++ b/base_kanban_stage_state/models/base_kanban_stage.py
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 # Copyright 2017 Specialty Medical Drugstore
 # License LGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl).
 
-from odoo import fields, models
-
-
-_STATE = [
-    ('draft', 'New'),
-    ('open', 'In Progress'),
-    ('pending', 'Pending'),
-    ('done', 'Done'),
-    ('cancelled', 'Cancelled'),
-    ('exception', 'Exception')]
+from odoo import api, fields, models
 
 
 class BaseKanbanStage(models.Model):
     _inherit = 'base.kanban.stage'
 
-    state = fields.Selection(_STATE, 'State')
+    @api.model
+    def _get_states(self):
+        return [('draft', 'New'),
+                ('open', 'In Progress'),
+                ('pending', 'Pending'),
+                ('done', 'Done'),
+                ('cancelled', 'Cancelled'),
+                ('exception', 'Exception')]
+
+    state = fields.Selection(_get_states, 'State')
diff --git a/base_kanban_stage_state/tests/__init__.py b/base_kanban_stage_state/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad0cc73dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base_kanban_stage_state/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Specialty Medical Drugstore
+# License LGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html).
+
+from . import test_base_kanban_stage
diff --git a/base_kanban_stage_state/tests/test_base_kanban_stage.py b/base_kanban_stage_state/tests/test_base_kanban_stage.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cdcc4bb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base_kanban_stage_state/tests/test_base_kanban_stage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright 2017 Specialty Medical Drugstore
+# License LGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html).
+
+from odoo.tests.common import TransactionCase
+
+
+class TestBaseKanbanStage(TransactionCase):
+    def test_get_states(self):
+        '''It should return a list of stages'''
+        test_stage = self.env['base.kanban.stage'].with_context({})
+
+        self.assertEqual(test_stage._get_states(),
+                         [('draft', 'New'),
+                          ('open', 'In Progress'),
+                          ('pending', 'Pending'),
+                          ('done', 'Done'),
+                          ('cancelled', 'Cancelled'),
+                          ('exception', 'Exception')]
+                         )