diff --git a/virtual/mta/metadata.xml b/virtual/mta/metadata.xml
index c3bda71eefca0..8cb7f9b298b9a 100644
--- a/virtual/mta/metadata.xml
+++ b/virtual/mta/metadata.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?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>
+	</maintainer>
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
 </pkgmetadata>