diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 592ebc6a6..e7ea0e063 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 /favicon.ico
 /fonts/
 /styles/
-CODEOWNERS
 Dockerfile
 Gemfile
 Gemfile.lock
diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1784ebb61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Global owners for the entire repository
+@telerik/reporting-tse
+
+# external contributors
+@yordan-mitev