diff --git a/sys-apps/prctl/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/prctl/metadata.xml
index 4e9e08e0b84ed..c3a4aa959966c 100644
--- a/sys-apps/prctl/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/prctl/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>sam@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Sam James</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="sourceforge">prctl</remote-id>
 	</upstream>