diff --git a/x11-themes/mate-backgrounds/metadata.xml b/x11-themes/mate-backgrounds/metadata.xml
index 4f0f6319a370a..eb157bb2c6ba7 100644
--- a/x11-themes/mate-backgrounds/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-themes/mate-backgrounds/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+		<maintainer type="person" proxied="yes">
+			<email>immoloism@gmail.com</email>
+			<name>Ian Jordan</name>
+		</maintainer>
+		<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
+			<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+			<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+		</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">mate-desktop/mate-backgrounds</remote-id>
 	</upstream>