diff --git a/dev-python/thrift/metadata.xml b/dev-python/thrift/metadata.xml
index 66f4b63e28d61..2035ba9c1d749 100644
--- a/dev-python/thrift/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/thrift/metadata.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
-  <upstream>
-    <remote-id type="github">apache/thrift</remote-id>
-    <remote-id type="pypi">thrift</remote-id>
-  </upstream>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">apache/thrift</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">thrift</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>