diff --git a/dev-python/sympy/metadata.xml b/dev-python/sympy/metadata.xml
index 317caf04d5f89..f1df7f4f91850 100644
--- a/dev-python/sympy/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/sympy/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
     <email>grozin@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Andrey Grozin</name>
   </maintainer>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <email>sam@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Sam James</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <maintainer type="project">
     <email>sci-mathematics@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Mathematics Project</name>