diff --git a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
index b7572edebd0acf1401c7d7a722407d10cf5bd269..78beffdc2a8a0e48fef3f4dd41ed8f5702c75bba 100644
--- a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ class users::cheaha_users inherits users::virtual_users
     User["carloslc"],
     User["cdimithe"],
     User["cduarte"],
+    User["cearias"],
     User["cewhite"],
     User["cgeasson"],
     User["champy"],
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
index ef87a561506e4bce09b09d41bd6fda12b129960c..3be4db244916a64bc0b9c6f468aa1138708bae3e 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
@@ -2236,5 +2236,9 @@ class users::virtual_groups
     gid     => "10611",
     ensure  => "present",
   }
+  @group { "cearias":
+    gid     => "10612",
+    ensure  => "present",
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_users.pp b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
index a62789e85c24e1b2751bdde28e15a564503a29a5..647c0e3450262367b7cc018368e6fb8a587e6dd0 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
@@ -5981,5 +5981,13 @@ class users::virtual_users
     comment    => "Kenneth P Hough, kphough@uab.edu, MICROBIO, Amy Weinmann (weinmann@uw.edu)",
     managehome => true,
   }
+  # 20140925 - Added new cheaha user cearias - https://trac.uabgrid.uab.edu/atlab/ticket/839
+  @user { "cearias":
+    ensure     => "present",
+    uid        => "10612",
+    gid        => "civil",
+    comment    => "Christopher E Arias, cearias@uab.edu, CIVIL, Nasim Uddin (nuddin@uab.edu)",
+    managehome => true,
+  }
 
 }