diff --git a/indra/newview/llpanelgroupnotices.cpp b/indra/newview/llpanelgroupnotices.cpp
index ab32ea39563fa217c87375c739f27ed27711c3ba..8e4c1950138ff7c0aa11d98cc0084db93928b929 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llpanelgroupnotices.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llpanelgroupnotices.cpp
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ BOOL LLPanelGroupNotices::postBuild()
 	mNoticesList = getChild<LLScrollListCtrl>("notice_list",recurse);
 	mNoticesList->setCommitOnSelectionChange(TRUE);
 	mNoticesList->setCommitCallback(onSelectNotice, this);
+    mNoticesList->sortByColumn("date", false);
 
 	mBtnNewMessage = getChild<LLButton>("create_new_notice",recurse);
 	mBtnNewMessage->setClickedCallback(onClickNewMessage, this);