diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index d258515ac117..9aa47eeb469d 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ F:	drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
 
 8169 10/100/1000 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER
 M:	Realtek linux nic maintainers <nic_swsd@realtek.com>
+M:	Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
 L:	netdev@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c