diff --git a/ceph.changes b/ceph.changes
index 050b1b5..c173e9a 100644
--- a/ceph.changes
+++ b/ceph.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jan 25 10:42:09 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Advertised user/groups that are generated by the pre scripts:
+  * package cephadm generates user/group cephadm
+  * package ceph-common generates user/group ceph
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Dec 19 12:33:41 UTC 2023 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/ceph.spec b/ceph.spec
index 7e9c356..3b561ab 100644
--- a/ceph.spec
+++ b/ceph.spec
@@ -468,6 +468,8 @@ Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}
 %if 0%{?weak_deps}
 Recommends:     podman >= 2.0.2
 %endif
+Provides:       user(cephadm)
+Provides:       group(cephadm)
 %description -n cephadm
 Utility to bootstrap a Ceph cluster and manage Ceph daemons deployed 
 with systemd and podman.
@@ -505,6 +507,8 @@ Obsoletes:      libradosstriper1 <= %{_epoch_prefix}%{version}-%{release}
 PreReq:         permissions
 Requires(pre):	shadow
 %endif
+Provides:       user(ceph)
+Provides:       group(ceph)
 %description -n ceph-common
 Common utilities to mount and interact with a ceph storage cluster.
 Comprised of files that are common to Ceph clients and servers.