diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index bd5deff1b82..beaaa5d8642 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@
 /vllm/entrypoints/chat_utils.py @DarkLight1337
 /vllm/entrypoints/llm.py @DarkLight1337
 
+# Rust Frontend
+/rust/ @BugenZhao @njhill
+/build_rust.sh @BugenZhao @njhill
+/rust-toolchain.toml @BugenZhao @njhill
+/.buildkite/test_areas/rust* @BugenZhao @njhill
+
 # Input/Output Processing
 /vllm/sampling_params.py @njhill @NickLucche
 /vllm/pooling_params.py @noooop @DarkLight1337
@@ -78,7 +84,7 @@
 /setup.py @khluu
 
 # Test ownership
-/.buildkite/lm-eval-harness @mgoin 
+/.buildkite/lm-eval-harness @mgoin
 /tests/distributed/test_multi_node_assignment.py @youkaichao
 /tests/distributed/test_pipeline_parallel.py @youkaichao
 /tests/distributed/test_same_node.py @youkaichao
diff --git a/docs/governance/committers.md b/docs/governance/committers.md
index 386e4f2a4bb..738c59df445 100644
--- a/docs/governance/committers.md
+++ b/docs/governance/committers.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Sorted alphabetically by GitHub handle:
 - [@bbrowning](https://github.com/bbrowning): Tool use and reasoning parser
 - [@benchislett](https://github.com/benchislett): Engine core and spec decode
 - [@bigPYJ1151](https://github.com/bigPYJ1151): Intel CPU/XPU integration
+- [@BugenZhao](https://github.com/BugenZhao): Rust frontend
 - [@chaunceyjiang](https://github.com/chaunceyjiang): Tool use and reasoning parser
 - [@DarkLight1337](https://github.com/DarkLight1337): Multimodality, API server
 - [@esmeetu](https://github.com/esmeetu): developer marketing, community
@@ -130,6 +131,8 @@ If you have PRs touching the area, please feel free to ping the area owner for r
     - @DarkLight1337
 - API Server: The OpenAI-compatible API server
     - @DarkLight1337, @njhill, @aarnphm, @simon-mo, @heheda12345 (Responses API)
+- Rust Frontend: The experimental API server in Rust
+    - @BugenZhao, @njhill
 - Batch Runner: The OpenAI-compatible batch runner
     - @simon-mo