diff --git a/app/models/issue_status.rb b/app/models/issue_status.rb
index 1562d04..95c7e4d 100644
--- a/app/models/issue_status.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue_status.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class IssueStatus < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 30
   validates_inclusion_of :default_done_ratio, :in => 0..100, :allow_nil => true
 
+  scope :sorted, order("#{table_name}.position ASC")
   scope :named, lambda {|arg| where(["LOWER(#{table_name}.name) = LOWER(?)", arg.to_s.strip])}
 
   def update_default
diff --git a/test/unit/issue_status_test.rb b/test/unit/issue_status_test.rb
index 5d3b6a1..75c86e3 100644
--- a/test/unit/issue_status_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/issue_status_test.rb
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ class IssueStatusTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     end
   end
 
+  def test_sorted_scope
+    assert_equal IssueStatus.all.sort, IssueStatus.sorted.all
+  end
+
   def test_named_scope
     status = IssueStatus.named("resolved").first
     assert_not_nil status