diff --git a/dev-python/elasticsearch-py/metadata.xml b/dev-python/elasticsearch-py/metadata.xml
index e0f052da1b04b..a8403705d71a3 100644
--- a/dev-python/elasticsearch-py/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/elasticsearch-py/metadata.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
     <email>erkiferenc@gmail.com</email>
     <name>Ferenc Erki</name>
   </maintainer>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">elasticsearch/elasticsearch-py</remote-id>
   </upstream>