diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index ca699d1b..7ca0db37 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 * @DataDog/apm-dotnet
+
+# Java
+/java/                                  @DataDog/apm-java