diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aa9e93e5964f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# This file defines an Application Binary Interface (ABI) that must maintain
+# both forward and backward compatibility. Changes should be heavily
+# scrutinized as mistakes are irreversible.
+/shell/platform/embedder/embedder.h @cbracken @chinmaygarde
diff --git a/ci/licenses_golden/excluded_files b/ci/licenses_golden/excluded_files
index f0281fea94701..88a1e74d7e09f 100644
--- a/ci/licenses_golden/excluded_files
+++ b/ci/licenses_golden/excluded_files
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 ../../../flutter/.gitignore
 ../../../flutter/.style.yapf
 ../../../flutter/AUTHORS
+../../../flutter/CODEOWNERS
 ../../../flutter/CONTRIBUTING.md
 ../../../flutter/DEPS
 ../../../flutter/Doxyfile