diff --git a/communication/slack-config/channels.yaml b/communication/slack-config/channels.yaml
index a3bb0a1b599..04277ac5802 100644
--- a/communication/slack-config/channels.yaml
+++ b/communication/slack-config/channels.yaml
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ channels:
   - name: k8s-dual-stack
     archived: true
   - name: k8s-image-swapper
-  - name: k8s-infra-alerts
+  # k8s-infra-alerts is defined in sig-k8s-infra/
   - name: k8s-release
     archived: true
   - name: k8spin
@@ -580,8 +580,7 @@ channels:
     id: C0409NGC1TK
   - name: wg-etcd-operator
   - name: wg-iot-edge
-  - name: sig-k8s-infra
-    id: CCK68P2Q2
+  # sig-k8s-infra is defined in sig-k8s-infra/
   - name: wg-lts
   - name: wg-machine-learning
     archived: true
diff --git a/communication/slack-config/restrictions.yaml b/communication/slack-config/restrictions.yaml
index 2bcd1e017df..eb04e4b36c9 100755
--- a/communication/slack-config/restrictions.yaml
+++ b/communication/slack-config/restrictions.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ restrictions:
       - "^kubernetes-docs-[a-z]{2}(-maintainers)?$"
       - "^sig-docs$"
       - "^sig-docs-.*$"
+  - path: "sig-k8s-infra/*.yaml"
+    channels:
+      - "^k8s-infra-.*$"
+      - "^sig-k8s-infra$"
   - path: "sig-network/*.yaml"
     channels:
       - "^sig-network-.*$"
diff --git a/communication/slack-config/sig-k8s-infra/OWNERS b/communication/slack-config/sig-k8s-infra/OWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29e2509dedb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/communication/slack-config/sig-k8s-infra/OWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# See the OWNERS docs at https://go.k8s.io/owners
+
+reviewers:
+  - sig-k8s-infra-leads
+approvers:
+  - sig-k8s-infra-leads
+labels:
+  - sig/k8s-infra
diff --git a/communication/slack-config/sig-k8s-infra/config.yaml b/communication/slack-config/sig-k8s-infra/config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3778e0f08cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/communication/slack-config/sig-k8s-infra/config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+channels:
+  - name: k8s-infra-alerts
+  - name: sig-k8s-infra
+    id: CCK68P2Q2
diff --git a/communication/slack-config/usergroups.yaml b/communication/slack-config/usergroups.yaml
index 0a25f8b28ef..11f5eeeaef8 100644
--- a/communication/slack-config/usergroups.yaml
+++ b/communication/slack-config/usergroups.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,19 @@ usergroups:
       - sandipanpanda
       - sreeram-venkitesh
 
+  - name: k8s-infra-leads
+    long_name: SIG K8S Infra leads
+    description: |-
+      Leads of the Infrastructure SIG. Ping for a community-owned infrastructure problem.
+    channels:
+      - k8s-infra-alerts
+      - sig-k8s-infra
+    members:
+      - ameukam
+      - bentheelder
+      - dims
+      - upodroid
+      - xmudrii
 
   # Should match the membership of the following teams at all times:
   # - https://git.k8s.io/security/#product-security-committee-psc
diff --git a/communication/slack-config/users.yaml b/communication/slack-config/users.yaml
index 0a49e4576c0..ea79ce95f71 100644
--- a/communication/slack-config/users.yaml
+++ b/communication/slack-config/users.yaml
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ users:
   tsuzu: UP5JBA094
   Tunde: UAY977ENN
   typeid: U05M1L6EPS6
+  upodroid: U01FLMDKY3B
   valaparthvi: U016TMJVDAA
   varshaprasad96: UK59YP2DA
   varshasuryawanshi: U07EPRHR6LQ