diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
index d92c1e1876..f66276254f 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/openqa_lab_workers
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ openqa_env: staging
 # staging, we live ON THE EDGE (radical guitar riff)
 openqa_repo: updates-testing
 
+# testing a feature from a branch
+openqa_createhdds_branch: desktop-upgrade-aarch64
+
 # we are all NFS workers for now at least
 openqa_nfs_worker: true