diff --git a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
index ba3b456c44fc6b7519b81381ede6052603063cef..9cfd444efc5ab47c5f7ca3f45b226be846eca5fe 100644
--- a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ class users::cheaha_users inherits users::virtual_users
     Group["gpig"],
     Group["kvm"],
     Group["oneadmin"],
+    User["aahattab"],
     User["aarontk1"],
     User["abej"],
     User["abhalla"],
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
index df123a442ba647b6e6edc4043830bbaca09943ac..4fefdc88ef7cb9fd77c0186ef503dfd39e11c6ec 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
@@ -2344,5 +2344,9 @@ class users::virtual_groups
     gid     => "10633",
     ensure  => "present",
   }
+  @group { "aahattab":
+    gid     => "10634",
+    ensure  => "present",
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_users.pp b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
index a2f024f13785f12f6f8c49833131b27898591d66..9a478c3ae07c3457ead71453e1b6f13292721cee 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
@@ -6162,5 +6162,13 @@ class users::virtual_users
     comment    => "Joseph M Schwertz, schwertz@uab.edu, ME, Dean Leo Sicking (dsicking@uab.edu)",
     managehome => true,
   }
+  # 20141117 - Added new cheaha user aahattab - https://trac.uabgrid.uab.edu/atlab/ticket/856
+  @user { "aahattab":
+    ensure     => "present",
+    uid        => "10634",
+    gid        => "civil",
+    comment    => "Ahmed Ali El-Hattab, aahattab@uab.edu, CIVIL, Nasim Uddin (nuddin@uab.edu)",
+    managehome => true,
+  }
 
 }