diff --git a/shadow.changes b/shadow.changes
index ed20759..dbe0bfe 100644
--- a/shadow.changes
+++ b/shadow.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Nov 22 10:15:25 UTC 2013 - werner@suse.de
+
+- Stop any systemd user manager instance in case a user entry will
+  be deleted (bnc#849870).  Nevertheless a running process requires
+  the option --force for the userdel command.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Nov 12 14:47:30 CET 2013 - kukuk@suse.de
 
diff --git a/userdel-pre.local b/userdel-pre.local
index 9924962..7fa5272 100644
--- a/userdel-pre.local
+++ b/userdel-pre.local
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ fi
 # Remove cron jobs
 test -x /usr/bin/crontab && /usr/bin/crontab -r -u $1
 
+# Stop systemd user jobs, even this requires --force
+id=$(id -u $1)
+systemctl stop user@${id}.service > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+
 # All done.
 exit 0