diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 9fdbce2cf9..c8cc06fe2f 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ M       src/physics/cam/zm_conv.F90
 M       src/physics/cam/zm_conv_intr.F90
           - Changes to modify launch parcel defintion for ZM deep convection
 
+M       test/system/test_driver.sh
+          - Add "module load python" for cheyenne runs
+
 If there were any failures reported from running test_driver.sh on any test
 platform, and checkin with these failures has been OK'd by the gatekeeper,
 then copy the lines from the td.*.status files for the failed tests to the
diff --git a/test/system/test_driver.sh b/test/system/test_driver.sh
index 7faa64d5d5..beddf0e119 100755
--- a/test/system/test_driver.sh
+++ b/test/system/test_driver.sh
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ if [ "${cesm_test_suite}" != "none" -a -n "${cesm_test_mach}" ]; then
     module load python
   fi
 
+
   for cesm_test in ${cesm_test_suite}; do
     testargs="--xml-category ${cesm_test} --xml-machine ${cesm_test_mach} --retry 2"
 
@@ -561,6 +562,7 @@ if [ "${cesm_test_suite}" != "none" -a -n "${cesm_test_mach}" ]; then
 
     if [ "${hostname:0:2}" == "ch" ]; then
       echo "cd ${script_dir}" >> ${submit_script_cime}
+      echo "module load python" >> ${submit_script_cime}
       echo './create_test' ${testargs} >> ${submit_script_cime}
       chmod u+x ${submit_script_cime}
       qsub ${submit_script_cime}