diff --git a/dev-python/matplotlib/metadata.xml b/dev-python/matplotlib/metadata.xml
index 5cb27bb53a813..5dd5a66348385 100644
--- a/dev-python/matplotlib/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/matplotlib/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="project">
+		<email>sci@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Gentoo Science Project</name>
+	</maintainer>
 	<maintainer type="project">
 		<email>python@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Python</name>