diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 75faf90eb75..ab10b4dfd60 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ homeassistant/components/watson_tts/* @rutkai
 homeassistant/components/weather/* @fabaff
 homeassistant/components/webostv/* @bendavid
 homeassistant/components/websocket_api/* @home-assistant/core
+homeassistant/components/wemo/* @esev
 homeassistant/components/wiffi/* @mampfes
 homeassistant/components/wilight/* @leofig-rj
 homeassistant/components/withings/* @vangorra
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/wemo/manifest.json b/homeassistant/components/wemo/manifest.json
index fe5559b58d6..94bc0fa72aa 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/wemo/manifest.json
+++ b/homeassistant/components/wemo/manifest.json
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
   "homekit": {
     "models": ["Socket", "Wemo"]
   },
-  "codeowners": []
+  "codeowners": ["@esev"]
 }