diff --git a/metadata/contributors.json b/metadata/contributors.json
index 4774f3d6dab0..eb8e29f33aba 100644
--- a/metadata/contributors.json
+++ b/metadata/contributors.json
@@ -1888,7 +1888,8 @@
       "name" : "David Degazio",
       "nicks" : [
          "ddegazio"
-      ]
+      ],
+      "status" : "committer"
    },
    {
       "emails" : [