diff --git a/conf/include/maintainers.inc b/conf/include/maintainers.inc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7fc7ef60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/include/maintainers.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# This file contains a list of recipe maintainers for meta-intel
+
+RECIPE_MAINTAINER_pn-libva-intel-driver = "Wei Tee Ng <wei.tee.ng@intel.com>"
diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index abf6ffd6..581f9af5 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ LICENSE_PATH += "${LAYERDIR}/common/custom-licenses"
 # cause compatibility issues with other layers
 LAYERVERSION_intel = "3"
 
+require ${LAYERDIR}/conf/include/maintainers.inc