diff --git a/cime_config/machines/config_batch.xml b/cime_config/machines/config_batch.xml
index 605f2b723a13..8dff1c273f8f 100644
--- a/cime_config/machines/config_batch.xml
+++ b/cime_config/machines/config_batch.xml
@@ -346,38 +346,56 @@
   </batch_system>
 
   <batch_system MACH="onyx" type="pbs" >
-    <directives>
+    <directives queue="standard">
       <directive>-A {{ PROJECT }}</directive>
       <directive>-l application=Regional-Arctic-System-Model</directive>
       <directive>-l select={{ num_nodes }}:ncpus={{ MAX_MPITASKS_PER_NODE }}:mpiprocs={{ tasks_per_node }}</directive>
     </directives>
+    <directives queue="transfer">
+      <directive>-A {{ PROJECT }}</directive>
+      <directive>-l application=Regional-Arctic-System-Model</directive>
+      <directive>-l select=1:ncpus=1</directive>
+    </directives>
     <queues>
       <queue walltimemax="00:59:00" nodemax="155" strict="true">debug</queue>
       <queue walltimemax="04:00:00" default="true">standard</queue>
+      <queue default="true" walltimemax="12:00:00" jobmin="1" jobmax="1">transfer</queue>
     </queues>
   </batch_system>
 
   <batch_system MACH="warhawk" type="pbs" >
-    <directives>
+    <directives queue="standard">
       <directive>-A {{ PROJECT }}</directive>
       <directive>-l application=Regional-Arctic-System-Model</directive>
       <directive>-l select={{ num_nodes }}:ncpus={{ MAX_MPITASKS_PER_NODE }}:mpiprocs={{ tasks_per_node }}</directive>
     </directives>
+    <directives queue="transfer">
+      <directive>-A {{ PROJECT }}</directive>
+      <directive>-l application=Regional-Arctic-System-Model</directive>
+      <directive>-l select=1:ncpus=1</directive>
+    </directives>
     <queues>
       <queue walltimemax="00:59:00" nodemax="22" strict="true">debug</queue>
       <queue walltimemax="04:00:00" default="true">standard</queue>
+      <queue default="true" walltimemax="12:00:00" jobmin="1" jobmax="1">transfer</queue>
     </queues>
   </batch_system>
 
   <batch_system MACH="blackbird" type="pbs" >
-    <directives>
+    <directives queue="standard">
       <directive>-A {{ PROJECT }}</directive>
       <directive>-l application=Regional-Arctic-System-Model</directive>
       <directive>-l select={{ num_nodes }}:ncpus={{ MAX_MPITASKS_PER_NODE }}:mpiprocs={{ tasks_per_node }}</directive>
     </directives>
+    <directives queue="transfer">
+      <directive>-A {{ PROJECT }}</directive>
+      <directive>-l application=Regional-Arctic-System-Model</directive>
+      <directive>-l select=1:ncpus=1</directive>
+    </directives>
     <queues>
       <queue walltimemax="00:59:00" nodemax="22" strict="true">debug</queue>
       <queue walltimemax="04:00:00" default="true">standard</queue>
+      <queue default="true" walltimemax="12:00:00" jobmin="1" jobmax="1">transfer</queue>
     </queues>
   </batch_system>