diff --git a/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix b/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
index f192cb218c4..99df01de29d 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 /* -*- coding: utf-8; -*- */
 
 {
-
   /* Add your name and email address here.  Keep the list
      alphabetically sorted.  */
 
+  eelco = "Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl";
   ludo = "Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>";
   raskin = "Michael Raskin <7c6f434c@mail.ru>";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
index 7732d0badd0..eca36301e5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
@@ -73,4 +73,8 @@ releaseTools.makeSourceTarball {
     cp doc/style.css $out/manual/
     echo "doc manual $out/manual" >> $out/nix-support/hydra-build-products
   '';
+
+  meta = {
+    maintainers = lib.eelco;
+  };
 }