diff --git a/organize/stateful/README.txt b/organize/stateful/README.txt
index 11182e4..be98378 100644
--- a/organize/stateful/README.txt
+++ b/organize/stateful/README.txt
@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@ Task States
   >>> from loops.organize.stateful.task import taskStates, publishableTask
 
 
+Contact States
+===========
+
+  >>> from loops.organize.stateful.contact import contactStates
+
+
 Fin de partie
 =============
 
diff --git a/organize/stateful/browser.py b/organize/stateful/browser.py
index 24604f7..6dd432f 100644
--- a/organize/stateful/browser.py
+++ b/organize/stateful/browser.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-#  Copyright (c) 2014 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#  Copyright (c) 2015 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
 #
 #  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 #  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ template = ViewPageTemplateFile('view_macros.pt')
 statefulActions = ('classification_quality',
                    'simple_publishing',
                    'task_states',
-                   'publishable_task',)
+                   'publishable_task',
+                   'contact_states',)
 
 
 def registerStatesPortlet(controller, view, statesDefs,
diff --git a/organize/stateful/configure.zcml b/organize/stateful/configure.zcml
index 30ad487..1c6ebae 100644
--- a/organize/stateful/configure.zcml
+++ b/organize/stateful/configure.zcml
@@ -77,6 +77,20 @@
              set_schema="cybertools.stateful.interfaces.IStateful" />
   </zope:class>
 
+  <zope:utility
+        factory="loops.organize.stateful.contact.contactStates"
+        name="contact_states" />
+
+  <zope:adapter
+        factory="loops.organize.stateful.contact.StatefulContact"
+        name="contact_states" />
+  <zope:class class="loops.organize.stateful.contact.StatefulContact">
+    <require permission="zope.View"
+             interface="cybertools.stateful.interfaces.IStateful" />
+    <require permission="zope.ManageContent"
+             set_schema="cybertools.stateful.interfaces.IStateful" />
+  </zope:class>
+
   <!-- views and form controllers -->
 
   <browser:page
diff --git a/organize/stateful/contact.py b/organize/stateful/contact.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77f0ed8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/organize/stateful/contact.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#
+#  Copyright (c) 2015 Helmut Merz helmutm@cy55.de
+#
+#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+#
+
+"""
+States definition for contacts (persons, customers, ...).
+"""
+
+from zope import component
+from zope.component import adapter
+from zope.interface import implementer
+from zope.traversing.api import getName
+
+from cybertools.stateful.definition import StatesDefinition
+from cybertools.stateful.definition import State, Transition
+from cybertools.stateful.interfaces import IStatesDefinition, IStateful
+from loops.common import adapted
+from loops.organize.stateful.base import commentsField
+from loops.organize.stateful.base import StatefulLoopsObject
+from loops.security.interfaces import ISecuritySetter
+from loops.util import _
+
+
+@implementer(IStatesDefinition)
+def contactStates():
+    return StatesDefinition('contact_states',
+        State('prospective', 'prospective', ('activate', 'inactivate',),
+              color='blue'),
+        State('active', 'active', ('retract', 'inactivate',),
+              color='green'),
+        State('inactive', 'inactive', ('activate',),
+              color='x'),
+        Transition('activate', 'activate', 'active'),
+        Transition('retract', 'retract', 'prospective'),
+        Transition('inactivate', 'inactivate', 'inactive'),
+        initialState='active')
+
+
+class StatefulContact(StatefulLoopsObject):
+
+    statesDefinition = 'contact_states'
+