diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 1d834bebf469..d9c7f8b5cae2 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -12649,6 +12649,7 @@ W:	http://www.netfilter.org/
 W:	http://www.iptables.org/
 W:	http://www.nftables.org/
 Q:	http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/netfilter-devel/list/
+C:	irc://irc.libera.chat/netfilter
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf.git
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pablo/nf-next.git
 F:	include/linux/netfilter*