diff --git a/dev-libs/dqlite/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/dqlite/metadata.xml
index 93aa9821db981..980e4850634ef 100644
--- a/dev-libs/dqlite/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/dqlite/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
     <email>juippis@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Joonas Niilola</name>
   </maintainer>
+  <maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
+    <email>brahmajit.xyz@gmail.com</email>
+    <name>Brahmajit Das</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>virtualization@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Virtualization Project</name>