diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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@@ -2794,6 +2794,7 @@ M:	Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
 L:	b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org (moderated for non-subscribers)
 W:	https://www.open-mesh.org/
 B:	https://www.open-mesh.org/projects/batman-adv/issues
+C:	irc://chat.freenode.net/batman
 Q:	https://patchwork.open-mesh.org/project/batman/list/
 S:	Maintained
 F:	Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-net-batman-adv