diff --git a/SOURCES/cloud-init-centos-user.patch b/SOURCES/cloud-init-centos-user.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ebaa88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/cloud-init-centos-user.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -uNrp cloud-init-18.2.orig/rhel/cloud.cfg cloud-init-18.2/rhel/cloud.cfg
+--- cloud-init-18.2.orig/rhel/cloud.cfg	2018-11-04 15:38:13.763701007 +0000
++++ cloud-init-18.2/rhel/cloud.cfg	2018-11-04 15:41:06.934576619 +0000
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ cloud_final_modules:
+ 
+ system_info:
+   default_user:
+-    name: cloud-user
++    name: centos
+     lock_passwd: true
+     gecos: Cloud User
+     groups: [wheel, adm, systemd-journal]
diff --git a/SPECS/cloud-init.spec b/SPECS/cloud-init.spec
index f7de1e6..810391a 100644
--- a/SPECS/cloud-init.spec
+++ b/SPECS/cloud-init.spec
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Patch17: ci-cc_mounts-check-if-mount-a-on-no-change-fstab-path.patch
 # For bz#1707725 - [WALA][cloud] cloud-init dhclient-hook script has some unexpected side-effects on Azure
 Patch18: ci-Revert-azure-ensure-that-networkmanager-hook-script-.patch
 
+Patch9999: cloud-init-centos-user.patch
 # Deal with noarch -> arch
 # https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1067089
 Obsoletes:      cloud-init < 0.7.5-3