diff --git a/dev-python/spyder-kernels/metadata.xml b/dev-python/spyder-kernels/metadata.xml
index 39b4f66c4ef3a..5edfa984aa8a7 100644
--- a/dev-python/spyder-kernels/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/spyder-kernels/metadata.xml
@@ -13,4 +13,8 @@
     <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
   </maintainer>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Python</name>
+  </maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>