A method for determination of numbers of gear steps for a gearbox in a motor vehicle which comprises an engine connected to drive a gearbox is disclosed. The numbers of gear steps are the number of downshifts or the number of upshifts which the gearbox respectively effects at an upshift point or a downshift point, a downshift point representing a first engine speed at which the gearbox effects a downshift, an upshift point representing a second engine speed at which the gearbox effects an upshift, and the numbers of gear steps being determined based on a predicted time period which the engine takes to change from a first engine speed to a second engine speed. A system, a motor vehicle, a computer program and a computer program product thereof for the method are also disclosed.