diff --git a/net-proxy/nutcracker/metadata.xml b/net-proxy/nutcracker/metadata.xml
index e083b2574e847..a681c7f996203 100644
--- a/net-proxy/nutcracker/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-proxy/nutcracker/metadata.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <email>patrick@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Patrick Lauer</name>
+  </maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">twitter/twemproxy</remote-id>
 	</upstream>