diff --git a/dev-python/docker-py/metadata.xml b/dev-python/docker-py/metadata.xml
index 647ebadb24fc3..9862fd2de4290 100644
--- a/dev-python/docker-py/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/docker-py/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+  </maintainer>
   <stabilize-allarches/>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">docker/docker-py</remote-id>