diff --git a/dev-python/yara-python/metadata.xml b/dev-python/yara-python/metadata.xml
index da2280735cfd0..04f077186b4cb 100644
--- a/dev-python/yara-python/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/yara-python/metadata.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Python</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription>
 		With this library you can use YARA from your Python programs. It covers
 		all YARA's features, from compiling, saving and loading rules to