diff --git a/dev-python/txaio/metadata.xml b/dev-python/txaio/metadata.xml
index e8669e1d3fa05..55194dea61356 100644
--- a/dev-python/txaio/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/txaio/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 		<email>dolsen@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Brian Dolbec</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<maintainer>
 			<email>autobahnws@googlegroups.com</email>