diff --git a/BuildParams b/BuildParams
index b91d3d2a80cab121bbc61e4f25cfd0765ab87264..a4b361261fe292796dbcebfed82794f22cf5110f 100755
--- a/BuildParams
+++ b/BuildParams
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Linux.cxx_version = /usr/bin/g++-4.6
 # All Linden Lab builds (and only Linden Lab builds)
 # should use a viewer_channel that begins with "Second Life"
 ################################################################
+viewer_channel = "Second Life Test"
 
 # Report changes since...
 viewer-development.show_changes_since = last_sprint