diff --git a/mythtv/manifests/init.pp b/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
index 1db1896..618e603 100644
--- a/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/mythtv/manifests/init.pp
@@ -27,12 +27,17 @@ class mythtv::backend {
 	$mythtv_dbname = "mythconverg"
     }
 
+    include user::system
+    realize(User["mythtv"], Group["mythtv"])
+
     package { ["mythtv-backend",
                "mythtv-setup",
                "mythtv-docs",
                "perl-DBD-MySQL",
                "mysql", ]:
-	ensure => installed,
+	ensure  => installed,
+        require => [ User["mythtv"],
+                     Group["mythtv"], ],
     }
 
     file { "/etc/mythtv/mysql.txt":
diff --git a/user/manifests/init.pp b/user/manifests/init.pp
index 13e4faa..9fa6b83 100644
--- a/user/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/user/manifests/init.pp
@@ -136,4 +136,19 @@ class user::system {
         gid    => 810,
     }
 
+    # MythTV server daemon
+    @group { "mythtv":
+        ensure => present,
+        gid    => 811,
+    }
+    @user { "mythtv":
+        ensure  => present,
+        uid     => 811,
+        gid     => 811,
+        comment => "Service MythTV",
+        home    => "/var/lib/mythtv",
+        shell   => "/sbin/nologin",
+        require => Group["mythtv"],
+    }
+
 }