diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
index 6e231c928eca..ebbae7381b01 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/cpython/2.7/default.nix
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ in with passthru; stdenv.mkDerivation ({
       '';
       license = lib.licenses.psfl;
       platforms = lib.platforms.all;
-      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh ];
+      maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ fridh thiagokokada ];
       # Higher priority than Python 3.x so that `/bin/python` points to `/bin/python2`
       # in case both 2 and 3 are installed.
       priority = -100;