diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 3a7b07f513da..0680f447d740 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -8758,6 +8758,7 @@ M:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
 L:	virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
 S:	Maintained
 F:	drivers/virtio/
+F:	tools/virtio/
 F:	drivers/net/virtio_net.c
 F:	drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
 F:	include/linux/virtio_*.h