diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/root/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/root/package.py
index 1dfdcb098251fe31645d94917e813440f8e352c9..70b1e5ac16102a0e4358976115de0db091dd9fa6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/root/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/root/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ class Root(CMakePackage):
     homepage = "https://root.cern.ch"
     url      = "https://root.cern/download/root_v6.16.00.source.tar.gz"
 
+    maintainers = ['chissg']
+
     # ###################### Versions ##########################
 
     # Master branch