diff --git a/library/system/cron b/library/system/cron
index 15c21fb157d..902442b5d5f 100644
--- a/library/system/cron
+++ b/library/system/cron
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ class CronTab(object):
         if self.user:
             if platform.system() == 'SunOS':
                 return "su %s -c '%s -l'" % (pipes.quote(self.user), pipes.quote(CRONCMD))
+            elif platform.system() == 'HP-UX':
+                return "%s %s %s" % (CRONCMD , '-l', pipes.quote(self.user))
             else:
                 user = '-u %s' % pipes.quote(self.user)
         return "%s %s %s" % (CRONCMD , user, '-l')
@@ -363,7 +365,7 @@ class CronTab(object):
         """
         user = ''
         if self.user:
-            if platform.system() == 'SunOS':
+            if platform.system() in ['SunOS', 'HP-UX']:
                 return "chown %s %s ; su '%s' -c '%s %s'" % (pipes.quote(self.user), pipes.quote(path), pipes.quote(self.user), CRONCMD, pipes.quote(path))
             else:
                 user = '-u %s' % pipes.quote(self.user)