diff --git a/acct-user/owntone/metadata.xml b/acct-user/owntone/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>grobian@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Fabian Groffen</name>
+	</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/acct-user/owntone/owntone-0.ebuild b/acct-user/owntone/owntone-0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2020-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+inherit acct-user
+
+DESCRIPTION="User for media-sound/owntone"
+ACCT_USER_ID=541
+ACCT_USER_GROUPS=( audio )
+ACCT_USER_HOME="/var/lib/${PN}"
+
+acct-user_add_deps