diff --git a/dev-python/editorconfig-core-py/metadata.xml b/dev-python/editorconfig-core-py/metadata.xml
index 3a66b57dd8484..a2c10b6a3d7b4 100644
--- a/dev-python/editorconfig-core-py/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/editorconfig-core-py/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 		<email>chutzpah@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Patrick McLean</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="cli">Install command line interface as well as python library</flag>
 	</use>