diff --git a/MAINTAINERS.md b/MAINTAINERS.md
index 5b133d78e..fd8228a7f 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS.md
+++ b/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ At present the active maintainers are (alphabetically):
 * Sebastian Rittau (@srittau)
 * Guido van Rossum (@gvanrossum)
 * Shantanu (@hauntsaninja)
+* Nikita Sobolev (@sobolevn)
 * Aku Viljanen (@Akuli)
 * Alex Waygood (@AlexWaygood)
 * Jelle Zijlstra (@JelleZijlstra)