diff --git a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
index 9cfd444efc5ab47c5f7ca3f45b226be846eca5fe..9636cff49926833879086e196745f0acd355e1c6 100644
--- a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ class users::cheaha_users inherits users::virtual_users
     User["gph"],
     User["gpig"],
     User["gregb"],
+    User["gruene"],
     User["grytz"],
     User["guiming"],
     User["guldal"],
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
index e436ed0a0cd20efe021c53fb1a6c757b815e059a..179308e9704979c5f8ad2143a31a64c93ea65dbc 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
@@ -2353,5 +2353,9 @@ class users::virtual_groups
     gid     => "10634",
     ensure  => "present",
   }
+  @group { "gruene":
+    gid     => "10635",
+    ensure  => "present",
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_users.pp b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
index a060856829e0f2b88d551fedbce546c3519a7ba6..7213bf3ba9c5bb35d4cdd6ed9e4b593eb6c0fd3e 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
@@ -6171,5 +6171,13 @@ class users::virtual_users
     comment    => "Ahmed Ali El-Hattab, aahattab@uab.edu, CIVIL, Nasim Uddin (nuddin@uab.edu)",
     managehome => true,
   }
+  # 20141212 - Added new cheaha user gruene - https://trac.uabgrid.uab.edu/atlab/ticket/860
+  @user { "gruene":
+    ensure     => "present",
+    uid        => "10635",
+    gid        => "biostat",
+    comment    => "Alexander Gruneberg, gruene@uab.edu, BIOSTAT, Gustavo Campos (gcampos@uab.edu)",
+    managehome => true,
+  }
 
 }