diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 663a6ffb699..66f201c955d 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 /src/objective-c/** @muxi @makdharma @a11r @nicolasnoble @ctiller
 /src/php/** @stanley-cheung @murgatroid99 @a11r @nicolasnoble @ctiller
 /src/python/** @nathanielmanistaatgoogle @kpayson64 @mehrdada
+/src/python/grpcio/grpc_core_dependencies.py @a11y @ctiller @nicolasnoble @nathanielmanistaatgoogle @kpayson64 @mehrdada
 /src/ruby/** @apolcyn @murgatroid99 @a11r @nicolasnoble @ctiller
 /test/build/** @ctiller @markdroth @dgquintas @a11r @nicolasnoble
 /test/core/** @ctiller @markdroth @dgquintas
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/OWNERS b/src/python/grpcio/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78d54ec96b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+@a11y grpc_core_dependencies.py
+@ctiller grpc_core_dependencies.py
+@nicolasnoble grpc_core_dependencies.py