diff --git a/bin/sid_user.py b/bin/sid_user.py
index 101b88eaa0f56746bfac0bd3980366f0613b4a25..608e3c4b1e2bdba0a05383d976614bc7e1d325aa 100755
--- a/bin/sid_user.py
+++ b/bin/sid_user.py
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ def main():
         sys.exit(1)
 
     print('Using the SID backend: ' + fqdn)
-    snet_groups = 'com,mgt,net,pm,sd,sec,dev,sys,tda'.split(',')
+    snet_groups = 'com,mgt,net,pm,sd,sec,dev,sys,tda,sup'.split(',')
     official_groups = ['officials']
 
     devnull_del_user = ['systemac']