diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9898a48..7c84192 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* Added aasm_states_for_select that will return a select friendly collection of states. 
+
 * Add some event callbacks, #aasm_event_fired(from, to), and #aasm_event_failed(event)
   Based on transition logging suggestion [Artem Vasiliev] and timestamp column suggestion [Mike Ferrier]
 
diff --git a/lib/aasm.rb b/lib/aasm.rb
index 9a2f6ef..85aae4b 100644
--- a/lib/aasm.rb
+++ b/lib/aasm.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ module AASM
     def aasm_events
       @aasm_events ||= {}
     end
+    
+    def aasm_states_for_select
+      aasm_states.collect { |state| [state.to_s.gsub(/_/, ' ').capitalize, state] }
+    end
+    
   end
 
   # Instance methods
diff --git a/spec/unit/aasm_spec.rb b/spec/unit/aasm_spec.rb
index b418bf5..9a0582e 100644
--- a/spec/unit/aasm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/aasm_spec.rb
@@ -27,17 +27,37 @@ end
 
 
 describe AASM, '- class level definitions' do
-  it 'should define a class level initial_state() method on its including class' do
+  it 'should define a class level aasm_initial_state() method on its including class' do
     Foo.should respond_to(:aasm_initial_state)
   end
 
-  it 'should define a class level state() method on its including class' do
+  it 'should define a class level aasm_state() method on its including class' do
     Foo.should respond_to(:aasm_state)
   end
 
-  it 'should define a class level event() method on its including class' do
+  it 'should define a class level aasm_event() method on its including class' do
     Foo.should respond_to(:aasm_event)
   end
+  
+  it 'should define a class level aasm_states() method on its including class' do
+    Foo.should respond_to(:aasm_states)
+  end
+  
+  it 'should define a class level aasm_states_for_select() method on its including class' do
+    Foo.should respond_to(:aasm_states_for_select)
+  end
+
+  it 'should define a class level aasm_events() method on its including class' do
+    Foo.should respond_to(:aasm_events)
+  end
+
+end
+
+
+describe AASM, '- aasm_states_for_select' do
+  it "should return a select friendly array of states in the form of [['Friendly name', :state_name]]" do
+    Foo.aasm_states_for_select.should == [['Open', :open], ['Closed', :closed]]
+  end
 end
 
 describe AASM, '- instance level definitions' do