diff --git a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
index 8722f7c53..d9298a6a0 100644
--- a/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
+++ b/elements/puppet-stack-config/puppet-stack-config.pp
@@ -587,6 +587,10 @@ include ::mistral::keystone::auth
 include ::mistral::db::sync
 include ::mistral::api
 include ::mistral::engine
+ensure_resource('user', 'mistral', {
+  'name'   => 'mistral',
+  'groups' => 'docker',
+})
 include ::mistral::executor
 include ::mistral::cors
 include ::mistral::cron_trigger