diff --git a/cmd/lint_example_test.go b/cmd/lint_example_test.go
index 0b15aac..9fe9814 100644
--- a/cmd/lint_example_test.go
+++ b/cmd/lint_example_test.go
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@ func ExampleLint() {
 	// -> The implementation for 'two' is missing a test suite.
 	// -> An implementation for 'zero' was found, but config.json specifies that it should be foregone (not implemented).
 }
+
+func ExampleLintMaintainers() {
+	lintTrack("../fixtures/broken-maintainers")
+	// Output:
+	// -> invalid config ../fixtures/broken-maintainers/config/maintainers.json -- invalid character '}' looking for beginning of object key string
+}
diff --git a/fixtures/broken-maintainers/config.json b/fixtures/broken-maintainers/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0967ef4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/broken-maintainers/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/fixtures/broken-maintainers/config/maintainers.json b/fixtures/broken-maintainers/config/maintainers.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21d7677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/broken-maintainers/config/maintainers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "maintainers": [
+    {
+       "github_username": "alice",
+       "show_on_website": false,
+    }
+  ],
+  "docs_url": "http://example.com/docs"
+}
diff --git a/fixtures/numbers/config/maintainers.json b/fixtures/numbers/config/maintainers.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75cdce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fixtures/numbers/config/maintainers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "maintainers": [
+    {
+       "github_username": "alice",
+       "show_on_website": false,
+       "alumnus": false,
+       "name": "Alice Jones",
+       "bio": null
+    }
+  ],
+  "docs_url": "http://example.com/docs"
+}
diff --git a/track/maintainer_config.go b/track/maintainer_config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d4ad76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/track/maintainer_config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package track
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+)
+
+// MaintainerConfig contains the list of current and previous maintainers.
+// The files is used both to manage the GitHub maintainer team, as well
+// as to configure the display values for each maintainer on the Exercism
+// website.
+type MaintainerConfig struct {
+	Maintainers []Maintainer `json:"maintainers"`
+	DocsURL     string       `json:"docs_url"`
+}
+
+// Maintainer contains data about a track maintainer.
+type Maintainer struct {
+	Username      string `json:"github_username"`
+	ShowOnWebsite bool   `json:"show_on_website"`
+	Alumnus       bool   `json:"alumnus"`
+	Name          string `json:"name"`
+	Bio           string `json:"bio"`
+	LinkText      string `json:"link_text"`
+	LinkURL       string `json:"link_url"`
+	AvatarURL     string `json:"avatar_url"`
+}
+
+// NewMaintainerConfig reads the maintainer config file, if present.
+func NewMaintainerConfig(path string) (MaintainerConfig, error) {
+	mc := MaintainerConfig{}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(path); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return mc, nil
+	}
+
+	bytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return mc, err
+	}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &mc)
+	if err != nil {
+		return mc, fmt.Errorf("invalid config %s -- %s", path, err.Error())
+	}
+	return mc, nil
+}
diff --git a/track/maintainer_config_test.go b/track/maintainer_config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37564ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/track/maintainer_config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package track
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestBrokenMaintainerConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := NewMaintainerConfig("../fixtures/broken-maintainers/config/maintainers.json"); err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected broken JSON")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidMaintainerConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	mc, err := NewMaintainerConfig("../fixtures/numbers/config/maintainers.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Expected valid JSON: %s", err)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, "alice", mc.Maintainers[0].Username)
+}
+
+func TestIgnoreMissingMaintainerConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := NewMaintainerConfig("../fixtures/no-such-file.json")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/track/track.go b/track/track.go
index b01fb32..d782f22 100644
--- a/track/track.go
+++ b/track/track.go
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ import (
 
 // Track is a collection of Exercism exercises for a programming language.
 type Track struct {
-	path      string
-	Config    Config
-	Exercises []Exercise
+	path             string
+	Config           Config
+	MaintainerConfig MaintainerConfig
+	Exercises        []Exercise
 }
 
 // New loads a track.
@@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ func New(path string) (Track, error) {
 	}
 	track.Config = c
 
+	mc, err := NewMaintainerConfig(filepath.Join(path, "config", "maintainers.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return track, err
+	}
+	track.MaintainerConfig = mc
+
 	dir := filepath.Join(track.path, "exercises")
 	files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(dir)
 	if err != nil {