diff --git a/amanda.changes b/amanda.changes
index 49dfb24..7ed0cb0 100644
--- a/amanda.changes
+++ b/amanda.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb  7 12:01:43 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Provide user/group symbol for user created during pre.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Jul 28 08:53:07 UTC 2023 - pgajdos@suse.com
 
diff --git a/amanda.spec b/amanda.spec
index 236a735..b6a095c 100644
--- a/amanda.spec
+++ b/amanda.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package amanda
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Requires:       perl = %{perl_version}
 Requires:       tar
 Requires(post): permissions
 Requires(pre):  shadow
+Provides:       group(amanda)
+Provides:       user(amanda)
 
 %description
 AMANDA, the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver, is a backup