diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index cb0f9f9eb2..20b9b366ae 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -50,9 +50,16 @@ Please see http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Maintenance_Releases for more
 information.
 
 Backport requests should be made on the xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
-list. Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer who
-will be listed in this section of the MAINTAINERS file in the
-appropriate branch.
+list. Remember to copy the appropriate stable branch maintainer.
+
+The maintainer for this branch is:
+
+        Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
+
+Tools backport requests should also be copied to:
+
+        Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
+
 
 	Unstable Subsystem Maintainers
 	==============================