diff --git a/indra/llui/llscrolllistcolumn.cpp b/indra/llui/llscrolllistcolumn.cpp
index ba53f84877478e48cf5dc783e9e56e42a3e79065..d28134120221ce17cf8377655d1b20e198ed238f 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llscrolllistcolumn.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/llscrolllistcolumn.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 
 const S32 MIN_COLUMN_WIDTH = 20;
 
+// defaults for LLScrollColumnHeader param block pulled from widgets/scroll_column_header.xml
+static LLWidgetNameRegistry::StaticRegistrar sRegisterColumnHeaderParams(&typeid(LLScrollColumnHeader::Params), "scroll_column_header");
+
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // LLScrollColumnHeader
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -51,15 +54,7 @@ LLScrollColumnHeader::Params::Params()
 :	column("column")
 {
 	name  = "column_header";
-	image_unselected.name("square_btn_32x128.tga");
-	image_selected.name("square_btn_selected_32x128.tga");
-	image_disabled.name("square_btn_32x128.tga");
-	image_disabled_selected.name("square_btn_selected_32x128.tga");
-	image_overlay.name("combobox_arrow.tga");
-	image_overlay_alignment("right");
-	font_halign = LLFontGL::LEFT;
 	tab_stop(false);
-	scale_image(true);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.cpp b/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.cpp
index a6cd6412e5024fe7d44126c22224787c44e160ef..1c2c02e1cc1f840dce411fae12cd4b713e9129f5 100644
--- a/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.cpp
+++ b/indra/llui/llscrolllistctrl.cpp
@@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@ void LLScrollListCtrl::addColumn(const LLScrollListColumn::Params& column_params
 
 			LLRect temp_rect = LLRect(left,top+mHeadingHeight,right,top);
 
-			LLScrollColumnHeader::Params params;
+			LLScrollColumnHeader::Params params(LLUICtrlFactory::getDefaultParams<LLScrollColumnHeader>());
 			params.name = "btn_" + name;
 			params.rect = temp_rect;
 			params.column = new_column;
diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/scroll_column_header.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/scroll_column_header.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0794b49a0c63967a7360be806cd5b5f7af5a5f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/widgets/scroll_column_header.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes" ?>
+<scroll_column_header image_unselected="square_btn_32x128.tga"
+                      image_selected="square_btn_selected_32x128.tga"
+                      image_disabled="square_btn_32x128.tga"
+                      image_disabled_selected="square_btn_selected_32x128.tga"
+                      image_overlay="combobox_arrow.tga"
+                      image_overlay_alignment="right"
+                      halign="left"
+                      scale_image="true"/>