diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 6827bb944bc0..dd1993a555b6 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -7702,6 +7702,12 @@
     githubId = 10654650;
     name = "Guillaume Koenig";
   };
+  guitargeek = {
+    email = "jonas.rembser@cern.ch";
+    github = "guitargeek";
+    githubId = 6578603;
+    name = "Jonas Rembser";
+  };
   guserav = {
     github = "guserav";
     githubId = 28863828;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index f51fdf85e59b..8ba05dc24436 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = "https://root.cern.ch/";
     description = "A data analysis framework";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    maintainers = [ maintainers.veprbl ];
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.guitargeek maintainers.veprbl ];
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
   };
 }