diff --git a/dev-python/jsonmerge/metadata.xml b/dev-python/jsonmerge/metadata.xml
index d4bd319f27b3c..0c2b72c49a4b5 100644
--- a/dev-python/jsonmerge/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/jsonmerge/metadata.xml
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@
 		<email>zmedico@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Zac Medico</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>