diff --git a/dev-python/watchdog/metadata.xml b/dev-python/watchdog/metadata.xml
index 3e5a49bfc964c..c2abbade6b631 100644
--- a/dev-python/watchdog/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/watchdog/metadata.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Python</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">watchdog</remote-id>
     <remote-id type="github">gorakhargosh/watchdog</remote-id>