diff --git a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
index fca8cdd453f4a82eb831fc9ed39e8f3c4b59f9bd..21bbdb20ee97d9a5f0d962f170a72845c4330827 100644
--- a/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/cheaha_users.pp
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ class users::cheaha_users inherits users::virtual_users
     User["rfoley"],
     User["rhi"],
     User["rick-myers"],
+    User["riddlenc"],
     User["rjriv"],
     User["rkana"],
     User["rkchak"],
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
index 9d5eddf81a8d2b7136a318171d962d3cef3bc008..599616613ac56f77e6d0f37e5514e9188aaafedd 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
@@ -2302,5 +2302,9 @@ class users::virtual_groups
     gid     => "10625",
     ensure  => "present",
   }
+  @group { "riddlenc":
+    gid     => "10626",
+    ensure  => "present",
+  }
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_users.pp b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
index 859796aea6b81d84b4cfbb4d3b3bf45a2f4527d7..a84512b0c6367ce7ae5e718a857122efb58d3784 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_users.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_users.pp
@@ -6097,5 +6097,13 @@ class users::virtual_users
     comment    => "Veronica L Baugh, vpowell@uab.edu, DTI, Thomas Anthony (tanthony@uab.edu)",
     managehome => true,
   }
+  # 20141027 - Added new cheaha user riddlenc - https://trac.uabgrid.uab.edu/atlab/ticket/847
+  @user { "riddlenc":
+    ensure     => "present",
+    uid        => "10626",
+    gid        => "biology",
+    comment    => "Nicole Riddle, riddlenc@uab.edu, BIOLOGY, David K Crossman (dkcrossm@uab.edu)",
+    managehome => true,
+  }
 
 }