diff --git a/circle/vm/models/instance.py b/circle/vm/models/instance.py
index f267b1a..6a7120b 100644
--- a/circle/vm/models/instance.py
+++ b/circle/vm/models/instance.py
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ class InstanceTemplate(AclBase, VirtualMachineDescModel, TimeStampedModel):
     def get_running_instances(self):
         return Instance.active.filter(template=self, status="RUNNING")
 
+    def get_user_instances(self, user):
+        return Instance.active.filter(template=self, owner=user)
+
     @property
     def metric_prefix(self):
         return 'template.%d' % self.pk