diff --git a/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd b/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
index a5981268c7170c325e33918f0cc326629304ff08..c360dc5c4f10febcfa6fced880d287d784b012af 100644
--- a/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
+++ b/iocBoot/iocCygwin/st.cmd
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Cygwin startup script
 
+# For devIocStats
+epicsEnvSet("ENGINEER","engineer")
+epicsEnvSet("LOCATION","location")
+
 < envPaths
 
 # save_restore.cmd needs the full path to the startup directory, which