diff --git a/dev-python/mkdocs-autorefs/metadata.xml b/dev-python/mkdocs-autorefs/metadata.xml
index 0ff20f465db59..70f93f62ef4ff 100644
--- a/dev-python/mkdocs-autorefs/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/mkdocs-autorefs/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>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">mkdocs-autorefs</remote-id>