diff --git a/dev-util/cppcheck/metadata.xml b/dev-util/cppcheck/metadata.xml
index 7556003fff3eb..de3bd183267b9 100644
--- a/dev-util/cppcheck/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/cppcheck/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>tamiko@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Matthias Maier</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="htmlreport">install cppcheck-htmlreport</flag>
 	</use>