diff --git a/dev-python/easy-thumbnails/metadata.xml b/dev-python/easy-thumbnails/metadata.xml
index 0fe0ae5ca620c..f4be73c11463d 100644
--- a/dev-python/easy-thumbnails/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/easy-thumbnails/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Python</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="pypi">easy-thumbnails</remote-id>
   </upstream>