diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/OWNERS b/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6496c8f9dafde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/api/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+reviewers:
+approvers:
+  - smarterclayton
+  - deads2k
+  - liggitt
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/ci-operator-prowgen/OWNERS b/ci-operator/config/openshift/ci-operator-prowgen/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..28370719d26ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/ci-operator-prowgen/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+approvers:
+- petr-muller
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/ci-operator/OWNERS b/ci-operator/config/openshift/ci-operator/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3d86e4ef1e9c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/ci-operator/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+approvers:
+- smarterclayton
+- stevekuznetsov
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-samples-operator/OWNERS b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-samples-operator/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..18e8e6ab9c23a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-samples-operator/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+approvers:
+- bparees
+- gabemontero
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-version-operator/OWNERS b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-version-operator/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..edeceee355118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/cluster-version-operator/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# See the OWNERS docs: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/guide/owners.md
+
+approvers:
+  - crawford
+  - smarterclayton
+  - yifan-gu
+reviewers:
+  - abhinavdahiya
+  - wking
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/machine-config-operator/OWNERS b/ci-operator/config/openshift/machine-config-operator/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ef094ac44e02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/machine-config-operator/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See the OWNERS docs: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/guide/owners.md
+
+approvers:
+  - abhinavdahiya
+  - crawford
+  - smarterclayton
+  - wking
+  - yifan-gu
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/telemeter/OWNERS b/ci-operator/config/openshift/telemeter/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a2daaa98ad2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/telemeter/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+reviewers:
+- brancz
+- mxinden
+- squat
+- s-urbaniak
+- smarterclayton
+
+approvers:
+- brancz
+- mxinden
+- squat
+- s-urbaniak
+- smarterclayton
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/api/OWNERS b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/api/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6496c8f9dafde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/api/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+reviewers:
+approvers:
+  - smarterclayton
+  - deads2k
+  - liggitt
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/ci-operator-prowgen/OWNERS b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/ci-operator-prowgen/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..28370719d26ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/ci-operator-prowgen/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+approvers:
+- petr-muller
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-samples-operator/OWNERS b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-samples-operator/OWNERS
index b134666c03234..18e8e6ab9c23a 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-samples-operator/OWNERS
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-samples-operator/OWNERS
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 approvers:
 - bparees
-- gabemontero
\ No newline at end of file
+- gabemontero
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-version-operator/OWNERS b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-version-operator/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..edeceee355118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/cluster-version-operator/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# See the OWNERS docs: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/guide/owners.md
+
+approvers:
+  - crawford
+  - smarterclayton
+  - yifan-gu
+reviewers:
+  - abhinavdahiya
+  - wking
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/machine-config-operator/OWNERS b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/machine-config-operator/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ef094ac44e02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/machine-config-operator/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See the OWNERS docs: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/guide/owners.md
+
+approvers:
+  - abhinavdahiya
+  - crawford
+  - smarterclayton
+  - wking
+  - yifan-gu
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/OWNERS b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db3b5ee072d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/release/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+approvers:
+- stevekuznetsov
+- smarterclayton
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/telemeter/OWNERS b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/telemeter/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0a2daaa98ad2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/telemeter/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+reviewers:
+- brancz
+- mxinden
+- squat
+- s-urbaniak
+- smarterclayton
+
+approvers:
+- brancz
+- mxinden
+- squat
+- s-urbaniak
+- smarterclayton
diff --git a/ci-operator/populate-owners.sh b/ci-operator/populate-owners.sh
index 38ccc929b090d..fe33b9af6ae8b 100755
--- a/ci-operator/populate-owners.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/populate-owners.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function populate_owners() {
 	local repo="$2"
 	local target_dir="${temp_workdir}/${org}/${repo}"
 	mkdir -p "${target_dir}"
-	git clone "git@github.com:${org}/${repo}.git" "${target_dir}"
+	git clone --depth 1 --single-branch "git@github.com:${org}/${repo}.git" "${target_dir}"
 	if [[ -f "${target_dir}/OWNERS" ]]; then
 		cp "${target_dir}/OWNERS" "${jobs}/${org}/${repo}"
 		if [[ -d "${config}/${org}/${repo}" ]]; then
diff --git a/ci-operator/templates/OWNERS b/ci-operator/templates/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b39f252281b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci-operator/templates/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+filters:
+  ".*azure.*":
+    approvers:
+    - jim-minter
+    - kargakis
+    - kwoodson
+    - mjudeikis
+    - pweil-
+    reviewers:
+    - amanohar
+    - jim-minter
+    - kargakis
+    - kwoodson
+    - mjudeikis
+    - pweil-
+    - shrutir25
+    - sozercan
+    - thanasisk
+  ".*gmontero.*":
+    approvers:
+    - gabemontero
+  ".*installer.*":
+    approvers:
+    - aaronlevy
+    - abhinavdahiya
+    - crawford
+    - smarterclayton
+    - wking
+    - yifan-gu
+    reviewers:
+    - vikramsk