diff --git a/dev-python/portend/metadata.xml b/dev-python/portend/metadata.xml
index 530cb9c31df1a..ea8f0ccb5cc11 100644
--- a/dev-python/portend/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/portend/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 		<email>zmedico@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Zac Medico</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">portend</remote-id>
 		<remote-id type="github">jaraco/portend</remote-id>