diff --git a/Packages/vcs/vcs/projection.py b/Packages/vcs/vcs/projection.py
index 6b19c5e62f..cabf461eb5 100644
--- a/Packages/vcs/vcs/projection.py
+++ b/Packages/vcs/vcs/projection.py
@@ -327,6 +327,12 @@ def list(self):
         print 'name =', self.name
         print 'type =', self.type
         # print 'parameters =',self.parameters
+
+        for att in self.attributes:
+            print att, '=', getattr(self, att)
+
+    @property
+    def attributes(self):
         p = []
         if self._type in [3, 4]:
             p.append('smajor')
@@ -455,8 +461,7 @@ def list(self):
             p.append('centerlatitude')
             p.append('falseeasting')
             p.append('falsenorthing')
-        for att in p:
-            print att, '=', getattr(self, att)
+        return p
 
     ##########################################################################
     #                                                                           #
diff --git a/testing/vcs/CMakeLists.txt b/testing/vcs/CMakeLists.txt
index 99244cd556..86e8cc3ae7 100644
--- a/testing/vcs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/testing/vcs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ foreach(lat_0 45 90)
     ${lat_0}
     )
 endforeach()
-
-
+cdat_add_test(test_vcs_extends
+  "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}"
+  ${cdat_SOURCE_DIR}/testing/vcs/test_vcs_extends.py
+)
 cdat_add_test(test_vcs_create_get
   "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}"
   ${cdat_SOURCE_DIR}/testing/vcs/test_vcs_create_get.py
diff --git a/testing/vcs/test_vcs_extends.py b/testing/vcs/test_vcs_extends.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2