diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0e4b2a9fd6..c68967bab0 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 * @signalfx/gdi-data-collection-approvers @signalfx/gdi-data-collection-maintainers
+
+.github/CODEOWNERS @signalfx/gdi-data-collection-maintainers