diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index efbf37c9f..75bc6a806 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@
 
 # Web UI Maintainers
 /web-ui @chalabi2
+
+# license maintainers
+LICENSE @faddat @joe-bowman @chalabi2