diff --git a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
index 38b8896c1883..7d96a8251b29 100644
--- a/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
+++ b/maintainers/maintainer-list.nix
@@ -9857,6 +9857,11 @@
     github = "jpagex";
     githubId = 635768;
   };
+  jpaju = {
+    name = "Jaakko Paju";
+    github = "jpaju";
+    githubId = 36770267;
+  };
   jpas = {
     name = "Jarrod Pas";
     email = "jarrod@jarrodpas.com";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/metals/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/metals/default.nix
index a43f2c098044..5f9d87d839d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/metals/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/language-servers/metals/default.nix
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     license = licenses.asl20;
     description = "Language server for Scala";
     mainProgram = "metals";
-    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fabianhjr tomahna ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ fabianhjr jpaju tomahna ];
   };
 }