diff --git a/x11-terms/xterm/metadata.xml b/x11-terms/xterm/metadata.xml
index 0157c3d838a23..f4e653d10222c 100644
--- a/x11-terms/xterm/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-terms/xterm/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>x11@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>X11</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="openpty">Use openpty() in preference to posix_openpt()</flag>
 		<flag name="sixel">Enable sixel graphics support</flag>