diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f3304b4..a4f0928 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 
 > Datastore implementation with [levelup](https://github.com/level/levelup) backend.
 
+## Lead Maintainer
+
+[Pedro Teixeira](https://github.com/pgte)
+
 ## Table of Contents
 
 - [Install](#install)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 91435e4..e47dc42 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "datastore-level",
   "version": "0.10.0",
   "description": "Datastore implementation with level(up|down) backend",
+  "leadMaintainer": "Pedro Teixeira <pedro@protocol.ai>",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "browser": {
     "leveldown": "level-js"