diff --git a/conf/modules/telemetry_xbee_api.xml b/conf/modules/telemetry_xbee_api.xml
index e62ec86fc3c..bad72c94e37 100644
--- a/conf/modules/telemetry_xbee_api.xml
+++ b/conf/modules/telemetry_xbee_api.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     </description>
     <configure name="MODEM_PORT" value="UARTx" description="UART where the modem is connected to (UART1, UART2, etc)"/>
     <configure name="MODEM_BAUD" value="B57600" description="UART baud rate"/>
+    <define name="XBEE_CHANNEL" value="0C" description="set Xbee channel (from 0C to 17)."/>
   </doc>
   <autoload name="telemetry" type="nps"/>
   <autoload name="telemetry" type="sim"/>