diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/common/fields.py b/api/funkwhale_api/common/fields.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ab8f6e773543aa076750190a60e3d3ab46602fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/common/fields.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+
+PRIVACY_LEVEL_CHOICES = [
+    ('me', 'Only me'),
+    ('followers', 'Me and my followers'),
+    ('instance', 'Everyone on my instance, and my followers'),
+    ('everyone', 'Everyone, including people on other instances'),
+]
+
+
+def get_privacy_field():
+    return models.CharField(
+        max_length=30, choices=PRIVACY_LEVEL_CHOICES, default='instance')
diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/users/models.py b/api/funkwhale_api/users/models.py
index a5478656b178c94037ca232834cc15d36c6b1f9d..9516c108f896275837be3161fe80e07dda6273e7 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/users/models.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/users/models.py
@@ -10,15 +10,9 @@ from django.db import models
 from django.utils.encoding import python_2_unicode_compatible
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
+from funkwhale_api.common import fields
 
 
-PRIVACY_LEVEL_CHOICES = [
-    ('me', 'Only me'),
-    ('followers', 'Me and my followers'),
-    ('instance', 'Everyone on my instance, and my followers'),
-    ('everyone', 'Everyone, including people on other instances'),
-]
-
 @python_2_unicode_compatible
 class User(AbstractUser):
 
@@ -39,8 +33,8 @@ class User(AbstractUser):
         },
     }
 
-    privacy_level = models.CharField(
-        max_length=30, choices=PRIVACY_LEVEL_CHOICES, default='instance')
+    privacy_level = fields.get_privacy_field()
+
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.username