diff --git a/acct-user/cron/metadata.xml b/acct-user/cron/metadata.xml
index 115e9d64a6695..65e1fc82d859a 100644
--- a/acct-user/cron/metadata.xml
+++ b/acct-user/cron/metadata.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-	<!-- maintainer-needed -->
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
+	</maintainer>
 </pkgmetadata>