diff --git a/dev-python/rencode/metadata.xml b/dev-python/rencode/metadata.xml
index 8d8569b192261..d0476ac9b4bff 100644
--- a/dev-python/rencode/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/rencode/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 	The rencode module is similar to bencode from the BitTorrent project. For
 	complex, heterogeneous data structures with many small elements, r-encodings