diff --git a/dev-python/zconfig/metadata.xml b/dev-python/zconfig/metadata.xml
index 56e6e550fd6e4..c2d543f28177b 100644
--- a/dev-python/zconfig/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/zconfig/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
     <email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
     <name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
   </maintainer>
+  <maintainer type="project">
+    <email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">zopefoundation/ZConfig</remote-id>
   </upstream>