diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index c7a41b1fe453..ed224e091a50 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -6215,6 +6215,7 @@ TRIVIAL PATCHES
 M:	Jiri Kosina <trivial@kernel.org>
 T:	git git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial.git
 S:	Maintained
+K:	^Subject:.*(?i)trivial
 
 TTY LAYER
 M:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>