diff --git a/elisp/org-setup.el b/elisp/org-setup.el
index 57d50d0..9e34a0d 100644
--- a/elisp/org-setup.el
+++ b/elisp/org-setup.el
@@ -65,3 +65,7 @@
      ("\\.x?html?\\'" . "seamonkey")
      ("\\.pdf\\'" . "mupdf %s")
      ("\\.djvu\\'" . "djview %s"))))
+
+;; define sequence of TODO keywords
+(setq org-todo-keywords
+  '((sequence "TODO" "IN PROGRESS" "|" "DONE")))