diff --git a/app/models/commit_status.rb b/app/models/commit_status.rb
index 97d89422594..a7d05722287 100644
--- a/app/models/commit_status.rb
+++ b/app/models/commit_status.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ class CommitStatus < ActiveRecord::Base
   include HasStatus
   include Importable
   include AfterCommitQueue
+  include Presentable
 
   self.table_name = 'ci_builds'
 
diff --git a/app/presenters/commit_status_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/commit_status_presenter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..028deaf235c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/presenters/commit_status_presenter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class CommitStatusPresenter < Ci::BuildPresenter
+end
diff --git a/app/presenters/generic_commit_status_presenter.rb b/app/presenters/generic_commit_status_presenter.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..da09df29a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/presenters/generic_commit_status_presenter.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class GenericCommitStatusPresenter < CommitStatusPresenter
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/commit_status_spec.rb b/spec/models/commit_status_spec.rb
index 2ed29052dc1..eddcf616b53 100644
--- a/spec/models/commit_status_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/commit_status_spec.rb
@@ -565,4 +565,13 @@ describe CommitStatus do
       it_behaves_like 'commit status enqueued'
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#present' do
+    let(:generic_commit_status) { create(:generic_commit_status) }
+
+    it 'returns a presenter' do
+      expect(commit_status.present).to be_a(Ci::BuildPresenter)
+      expect(generic_commit_status.present).to be_a(Ci::BuildPresenter)
+    end
+  end
 end