diff --git a/config/cesm/machines/config_batch.xml b/config/cesm/machines/config_batch.xml
index a42df8ba537..9d91e2d9b6f 100644
--- a/config/cesm/machines/config_batch.xml
+++ b/config/cesm/machines/config_batch.xml
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@
     </directives>
     <queues>
       <queue walltimemax="12:00:00" nodemin="1" nodemax="2488" default="true">main</queue>
+      <queue walltimemax="1:00:00" nodemin="1" nodemax="2">develop</queue>
     </queues>
   </batch_system>