diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 5e421d62b6..11e2035971 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -288,6 +288,9 @@ Muxers/Demuxers:
   westwood.c                            Mike Melanson
   wv.c                                  Kostya Shishkov
 
+Protocols:
+  udp.c                                 Luca Abeni
+
 
 Operating systems / CPU architectures
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