diff --git a/dev-python/lmfit/metadata.xml b/dev-python/lmfit/metadata.xml
index 3b1d3048e0a5c..a5898904e2595 100644
--- a/dev-python/lmfit/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/lmfit/metadata.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 	<maintainer type="person">
 		<email>pacho@gentoo.org</email>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">lmfit</remote-id>
 	</upstream>