diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 6c50189a46d..5c2657a1c7e 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
 #  https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-code-owners
 #
 
-* @jmacd @lizthegrey @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie @XSAM @dashpole
+* @jmacd @lizthegrey @MrAlias @Aneurysm9 @evantorrie @XSAM @dashpole @paivagustavo
 
 CODEOWNERS @MrAlias @Aneurysm9
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c604065a858..1da1c0f3c1d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ Approvers:
 - [Josh MacDonald](https://github.com/jmacd), LightStep
 - [Sam Xie](https://github.com/XSAM)
 - [David Ashpole](https://github.com/dashpole), Google
+- [Gustavo Silva Paiva](https://github.com/paivagustavo), LightStep
 
 Maintainers: