diff --git a/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd b/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
index d0c8b6a51de388d3b4594e92489a9056a831b46b..8c00b172a8516da5d2d1752b0b9adf70228a1d00 100644
--- a/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
+++ b/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # For devIocStats
 epicsEnvSet("ENGINEER","engineer")
 epicsEnvSet("LOCATION","location")
+epicsEnvSet("GROUP","group")
 
 < envPaths