diff --git a/app/helpers/order_cycles_helper.rb b/app/helpers/order_cycles_helper.rb
index da28643ebe..3ac04651bc 100644
--- a/app/helpers/order_cycles_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/order_cycles_helper.rb
@@ -2,4 +2,14 @@ module OrderCyclesHelper
   def coordinating_enterprises
     Enterprise.is_distributor.order('name')
   end
+
+  def order_cycle_local_remote_class(distributor, order_cycle)
+    if distributor.nil?
+      ''
+    elsif order_cycle.distributors.include? distributor
+      ' local'
+    else
+      ' remote'
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/order_cycles_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/order_cycles_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d284bdf82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/order_cycles_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe OrderCyclesHelper do
+  subject do
+    obj = Object.new
+    obj.extend(OrderCyclesHelper)
+  end
+
+  describe "generating local/remote classes for order cycle selection" do
+    it "returns blank when no distributor selected" do
+      subject.order_cycle_local_remote_class(nil, double(:order_cycle)).should == ''
+    end
+
+    it "returns local when the order cycle includes the current distributor" do
+      distributor = double(:enterprise)
+      order_cycle = double(:order_cycle, distributors: [distributor])
+
+      subject.order_cycle_local_remote_class(distributor, order_cycle).should == ' local'
+    end
+
+    it "returns remote when the order cycle does not include the current distributor" do
+      distributor = double(:enterprise)
+      order_cycle = double(:order_cycle, distributors: [])
+
+      subject.order_cycle_local_remote_class(distributor, order_cycle).should == ' remote'
+    end
+  end
+end