diff --git a/root/etc/crontabs/abc b/root/etc/crontabs/abc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/run b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/run
index 5ca0899..aec275c 100755
--- a/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/run
+++ b/root/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/init-crontabs-config/run
@@ -13,5 +13,18 @@ if [[ ! -f /config/crontabs/root ]]; then
     cp /etc/crontabs/root /config/crontabs/
 fi
 
+# if abc crontabs do not exist in config
+# copy abc crontab from system
+if [[ ! -f /config/crontabs/abc ]] && crontab -l -u abc; then
+    crontab -l -u abc >/config/crontabs/abc
+fi
+
+# if abc crontabs still do not exist in config (were not copied from system)
+# copy abc crontab from included defaults
+if [[ ! -f /config/crontabs/abc ]]; then
+    cp /etc/crontabs/abc /config/crontabs/
+fi
+
 # import user crontabs
 crontab -u root /config/crontabs/root
+crontab -u abc /config/crontabs/abc