diff --git a/dev-python/pathtools/metadata.xml b/dev-python/pathtools/metadata.xml
index fffd2b09d6046..ee5eaa4fbe37f 100644
--- a/dev-python/pathtools/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-python/pathtools/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>python@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Python</name>
+  </maintainer>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="pypi">pathtools</remote-id>
 	</upstream>