diff --git a/dev-python/protobuf/metadata.xml b/dev-python/protobuf/metadata.xml
index 05a4e2ab92b24..421d59c28f9ae 100644
--- a/dev-python/protobuf/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/protobuf/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<slots>
 		<subslots>Soname version number of Protobuf</subslots>
 	</slots>