diff --git a/dev-python/elasticsearch-curator/metadata.xml b/dev-python/elasticsearch-curator/metadata.xml
index 63b673e54e5b7..32b8b78a91d23 100644
--- a/dev-python/elasticsearch-curator/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/elasticsearch-curator/metadata.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
     <email>erkiferenc@gmail.com</email>
     <name>Ferenc Erki</name>
   </maintainer>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">elasticsearch/curator</remote-id>
   </upstream>