diff --git a/ietf/meeting/admin.py b/ietf/meeting/admin.py
index 8c419e8a96..e975dd38a6 100644
--- a/ietf/meeting/admin.py
+++ b/ietf/meeting/admin.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class SchedulingEventInline(admin.TabularInline):
 
 class SessionAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     list_display = [
-        "meeting", "name", "group_acronym", "purpose", "attendees", "has_onsite_tool", "requested", "current_status"
+        "meeting", "name", "group_acronym", "purpose", "attendees", "has_onsite_tool", "chat_room", "requested", "current_status"
     ]
     list_filter = ["purpose", "meeting", ]
     raw_id_fields = ["meeting", "group", "materials", "joint_with_groups", "tombstone_for"]
diff --git a/ietf/meeting/forms.py b/ietf/meeting/forms.py
index f3f660b2f7..822f56b97c 100644
--- a/ietf/meeting/forms.py
+++ b/ietf/meeting/forms.py
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ class Meta:
         model = Session
         fields = (
             'purpose', 'name', 'short', 'type', 'requested_duration',
-            'on_agenda', 'agenda_note', 'has_onsite_tool', 'remote_instructions',
+            'on_agenda', 'agenda_note', 'has_onsite_tool', 'chat_room', 'remote_instructions',
             'attendees', 'comments',
         )
         labels = {'requested_duration': 'Length'}
diff --git a/ietf/meeting/migrations/0004_session_chat_room.py b/ietf/meeting/migrations/0004_session_chat_room.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9879c8c42f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ietf/meeting/migrations/0004_session_chat_room.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Copyright The IETF Trust 2023, All Rights Reserved
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('meeting', '0003_populate_session_has_onsite_tool'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='session',
+            name='chat_room',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='Name of Zulip stream, if different from group acronym', max_length=32),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/ietf/meeting/models.py b/ietf/meeting/models.py
index a652711621..31a887e466 100644
--- a/ietf/meeting/models.py
+++ b/ietf/meeting/models.py
@@ -1052,6 +1052,7 @@ class Session(models.Model):
     remote_instructions = models.CharField(blank=True,max_length=1024)
     on_agenda = models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text='Is this session visible on the meeting agenda?')
     has_onsite_tool = models.BooleanField(default=False, help_text="Does this session use the officially supported onsite and remote tooling?")
+    chat_room = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=32, help_text='Name of Zulip stream, if different from group acronym')
 
     tombstone_for = models.ForeignKey('Session', blank=True, null=True, help_text="This session is the tombstone for a session that was rescheduled", on_delete=models.CASCADE)
 
@@ -1285,7 +1286,10 @@ def agenda_file(self):
         return self._agenda_file
 
     def chat_room_name(self):
-        if self.type_id=='plenary':
+        if self.chat_room:
+            return self.chat_room
+        # At some point, add a migration to add "plenary" chat room name to existing sessions in the database.
+        elif self.type_id=='plenary':
             return 'plenary'
         else:
             return self.group_at_the_time().acronym
diff --git a/ietf/meeting/tests_models.py b/ietf/meeting/tests_models.py
index 2603190fe7..0ccd462715 100644
--- a/ietf/meeting/tests_models.py
+++ b/ietf/meeting/tests_models.py
@@ -138,3 +138,11 @@ def test_chat_archive_url(self):
         self.assertEqual(session_with_jabber.chat_archive_url(), 'https://www.ietf.org/jabber/logs/fakeacronym?C=M;O=D')
         chatlog = SessionPresentationFactory(session=session_with_jabber, document__type_id='chatlog').document
         self.assertEqual(session_with_jabber.chat_archive_url(), chatlog.get_href())
+
+    def test_chat_room_name(self):
+        session = SessionFactory(group__acronym='xyzzy')
+        self.assertEqual(session.chat_room_name(), 'xyzzy')
+        session.type_id = 'plenary'
+        self.assertEqual(session.chat_room_name(), 'plenary')
+        session.chat_room = 'fnord'
+        self.assertEqual(session.chat_room_name(), 'fnord')
diff --git a/ietf/meeting/tests_views.py b/ietf/meeting/tests_views.py
index 449ad03a35..e65adaf0c6 100644
--- a/ietf/meeting/tests_views.py
+++ b/ietf/meeting/tests_views.py
@@ -3975,6 +3975,7 @@ def test_edit_session(self):
             'remote_instructions': 'Do this do that',
             'attendees': '103',
             'comments': 'So much to say',
+            'chat_room': 'xyzzy',
         }
         r = self.client.post(url, post_data)
         self.assertNoFormPostErrors(r)
@@ -3989,6 +3990,7 @@ def test_edit_session(self):
         self.assertEqual(session.remote_instructions, 'Do this do that')
         self.assertEqual(session.attendees, 103)
         self.assertEqual(session.comments, 'So much to say')
+        self.assertEqual(session.chat_room, 'xyzzy')
 
         # Verify return to correct schedule when sched query parameter is present
         other_schedule = ScheduleFactory(meeting=session.meeting)