diff --git a/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/metadata.xml b/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/metadata.xml
index 0c93906b39895..450803ab2fa2f 100644
--- a/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/backports-functools-lru-cache/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 		<email>sbraz@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Louis Sautier</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">backports.functools_lru_cache</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">jaraco/backports.functools_lru_cache</remote-id>