diff --git a/net-im/pidgin/metadata.xml b/net-im/pidgin/metadata.xml
index ab06cd30670c4..8875dc41710e1 100644
--- a/net-im/pidgin/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-im/pidgin/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>nativemad@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Andreas Schuerch</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription>
 		Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes.
 		You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!,