diff --git a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
index 70ba56e69b..e94863b32e 100644
--- a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
+++ b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
@@ -1345,6 +1345,18 @@ attributes from the config_cache.xml file (with keys converted to upper-case).
lnd_tuning_mode="clm6_0_GSWP3v1" use_init_interp=".true."
>lnd/clm2/initdata_esmf/ctsm5.2/clmi.I1850Clm60BgcCrop-ciso.1361-01-01.ne30pg3_mg17_c240317.nc
+lnd/clm2/initdata_esmf/ctsm5.3/ctsm52018_f09_xsiceON_acON_pSASU.clm2.r.0201-01-01-00000.nc
+
+lnd/clm2/initdata_esmf/ctsm5.3/ctsm52018_f09_xsiceON_acON_pSASU.clm2.r.0201-01-01-00000.nc
+