diff --git a/lib/NGCP/Template/Object.pm b/lib/NGCP/Template/Object.pm
index 5216f11e..76c08b08 100644
--- a/lib/NGCP/Template/Object.pm
+++ b/lib/NGCP/Template/Object.pm
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ sub get_online_cpus
     return $nproc // 1;
 }
 
+sub get_supported_roles
+{
+    return [ qw(
+        db
+        lb
+        li
+        li_dist
+        mgmt
+        proxy
+        rtp
+        storage
+    ) ];
+}
+
 sub has_role
 {
     my ($self, $hostname, $role) = @_;
@@ -344,6 +358,10 @@ Returns the number of online CPUs on the system.
 This can be used to compute values in templates that depend on the amount
 of cores.
 
+=item $bool = $t->get_supported_roles()
+
+Returns the list of roles supported by NGCP.
+
 =item $bool = $t->has_role($hostname, $role)
 
 Checks whether the $hostname node has the $role.
diff --git a/testsuite/NGCP_Template_Object.t b/testsuite/NGCP_Template_Object.t
index 94cfd113..4952900a 100644
--- a/testsuite/NGCP_Template_Object.t
+++ b/testsuite/NGCP_Template_Object.t
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use warnings;
 use Cwd;
 use Test::More;
 
-plan tests => 48;
+plan tests => 49;
 
 use_ok('NGCP::Template::Object');
 
@@ -87,6 +87,20 @@ my $obj_carrier = NGCP::Template::Object->new($cfg_carrier);
     is($obj_ce->get_online_cpus(), 8, 'number of online processors');
 }
 
+# Check get_supported_roles()
+is_deeply($obj_ce->get_supported_roles(),
+    [ qw(
+        db
+        lb
+        li
+        li_dist
+        mgmt
+        proxy
+        rtp
+        storage
+    ) ],
+    'list of supported roles');
+
 # Check has_role().
 ok(!$obj_ce->has_role('non-existent', 'storage'),
     'host unknown has storage role');