diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index 0f003241efe60a..0f002c3cba8dbc 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -107,3 +107,13 @@
 /src/node_wasi* @nodejs/wasi
 /test/wasi/ @nodejs/wasi
 /test/fixtures/wasi/ @nodejs/wasi
+
+# Startup
+
+/benchmark/misc/startup.js @nodejs/startup
+/src/node.cc @nodejs/startup
+/src/node_code_cache_stub.cc @nodejs/startup
+/src/node_native_module* @nodejs/startup
+/lib/internal/bootstrap/* @nodejs/startup
+/tools/code_cache/* @nodejs/startup
+/tools/snapshot/* @nodejs/startup