diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index d5a7ec16e5b..7b83ba9a043 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -13,4 +13,9 @@
 
 # Documentation owner: Diana Payton
 /docs/ @oddlittlebird
-/contribute/ @oddlittlebird  @marcusolsson
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+/contribute/ @oddlittlebird  @marcusolsson
+
+# Backend code
+*.go @grafana/backend-platform
+go.mod @grafana/backend-platform
+go.sum @grafana/backend-platform
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