diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 196df9cfd89..0fa3b2c4a8e 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 #  https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
 #
 
-* @jmacd @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie @XSAM @dashpole @paivagustavo
+* @jmacd @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie @XSAM @dashpole @paivagustavo @MadVikingGod
 
 CODEOWNERS @MrAlias @Aneurysm9
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 83ea23b1c79..ded63f87121 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ Approvers:
 - [Sam Xie](https://github.com/XSAM)
 - [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
 - [Gustavo Silva Paiva](https://github.com/paivagustavo), LightStep
+- [Aaron Clawson](https://github.com/MadVikingGod)
 
 Maintainers: