diff --git a/addons/sale/sale.py b/addons/sale/sale.py
index 34c5dbabb32..20aea2d90c0 100644
--- a/addons/sale/sale.py
+++ b/addons/sale/sale.py
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ class sale_order(osv.osv):
         'payment_term': fields.many2one('account.payment.term', 'Payment Term'),
         'fiscal_position': fields.many2one('account.fiscal.position', 'Fiscal Position'),
         'company_id': fields.many2one('res.company', 'Company'),
-        'section_id': fields.many2one('crm.case.section', 'Sales Team'),
+        'section_id': fields.many2one('crm.case.section', 'Sales Team', change_default=True),
         'procurement_group_id': fields.many2one('procurement.group', 'Procurement group', copy=False),
 
     }