diff --git a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
index 89f1c548e6c64f24dd6a2c170b80710367e40d8b..a9b9ab8bc37993deed736b5060d5f1f3d2c15e4d 100644
--- a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ class users::cheaha_users inherits users::virtual_users
     User["jsha"],
     User["jshaw6"],
     User["jshumen"],
+    User["jslaurel"],
     User["jsteele"],
     User["junge"],
     User["junli"],
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
index 599616613ac56f77e6d0f37e5514e9188aaafedd..8cc441824eb42e32e07d9770b0a5e42ba7089f6c 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
@@ -2306,5 +2306,9 @@ class users::virtual_groups
     gid     => "10626",
     ensure  => "present",
   }
+  @group { "jslaurel":
+    gid     => "10627",
+    ensure  => "present",
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_users.pp b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
index cb64db0a1ae70741c57cbec75d530091ab69843f..97c0982786bd8221e63585ca2313a7c1750b5c63 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
@@ -6106,5 +6106,13 @@ class users::virtual_users
     comment    => "Nicole Riddle, riddlenc@uab.edu, BIOLOGY, David K Crossman (dkcrossm@uab.edu)",
     managehome => true,
   }
+  # 20141031 - Added new cheaha user jslaurel - https://trac.uabgrid.uab.edu/atlab/ticket/850
+  @user { "jslaurel":
+    ensure     => "present",
+    uid        => "10627",
+    gid        => "dti",
+    comment    => "Jacob Scott Laurel, jslaurel@uab.edu, DTI, Thomas Anthony (tanthony@uab.edu)",
+    managehome => true,
+  }
 
 }