diff --git a/dev-util/ninja/metadata.xml b/dev-util/ninja/metadata.xml
index 2f6a362569b19..9f465f8c98bf4 100644
--- a/dev-util/ninja/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/ninja/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="project">
+		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Gentoo Base System</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">ninja-build/ninja</remote-id>
 	</upstream>