diff --git a/dev-python/flatbuffers/metadata.xml b/dev-python/flatbuffers/metadata.xml
index c3d770dc63a92..9a6c6a85e4e67 100644
--- a/dev-python/flatbuffers/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/flatbuffers/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 		<email>dolsen@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Brian Dolbec</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<stabilize-allarches/>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">flatbuffers</remote-id>