diff --git a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/metadata.xml b/dev-python/qiskit-aer/metadata.xml
index 2e3184f214d5c..cd1390f35a202 100644
--- a/dev-python/qiskit-aer/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/qiskit-aer/metadata.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription>
 	Qiskit is an open-source framework for working with noisy quantum computers at the level of pulses, circuits, and algorithms.
 	Qiskit is made up of elements that each work together to enable quantum computing. This element is Aer, which provides high-performance quantum computing simulators with realistic noise models.