diff --git a/net-misc/socat/metadata.xml b/net-misc/socat/metadata.xml
index 70bb6410439cf..b367792e3e306 100644
--- a/net-misc/socat/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-misc/socat/metadata.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>sam@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Sam James</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>netmon@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo network monitoring and analysis project</name>