diff --git a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_people.xml b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_people.xml
index cc579cdd7a12cbcd3141bdc3edfceceed09fa6f2..fa4213667b232676c1f0a7bf25a88070cad853c5 100644
--- a/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_people.xml
+++ b/indra/newview/skins/default/xui/en/panel_people.xml
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ Looking for people to hang out with? Try the [secondlife:///app/worldmap World M
      Values are set from appropriate strings at the top of file via LLPeoplePanel::postBuild()
     -->
             <group_list
+             allow_select="true" 
              background_visible="true"
              bg_alpha_color="DkGray2"
              bg_opaque_color="DkGray2"