diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 1c37fa40ff..c7cb407634 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Eliza should review everything unassigned.
 *                               @hawkw @tokio-rs/tracing
 
+# tracing-core should include Eliza and Carl.
+/tracing-core/                  @hawkw @carllerche
+
 # tracing-error and tracing-flame were contributed by Jane.
 /tracing-error/                 @yaahc @tokio-rs/tracing
 /tracing-flame/                 @yaahc @tokio-rs/tracing