diff --git a/sys-apps/the_silver_searcher/metadata.xml b/sys-apps/the_silver_searcher/metadata.xml
index aeaf98a5fa653..8395d00a1c03d 100644
--- a/sys-apps/the_silver_searcher/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-apps/the_silver_searcher/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="person">
+    <email>wraeth@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Sam Jorna</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">ggreer/the_silver_searcher</remote-id>
   </upstream>