diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/OWNERS b/charts/ingress-nginx/OWNERS
index a31654fff..392bc92f5 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/OWNERS
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/OWNERS
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ approvers:
 
 reviewers:
 - ingress-nginx-helm-reviewers
+
+labels:
+- area/helm
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diff --git a/docs/OWNERS b/docs/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d3805a73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# See the OWNERS docs: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/guide/owners.md
+
+labels:
+- area/docs
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diff --git a/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/OWNERS b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79814fdba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootfs/etc/nginx/lua/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# See the OWNERS docs: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/guide/owners.md
+
+labels:
+- area/lua
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