diff --git a/app-shells/direnv/metadata.xml b/app-shells/direnv/metadata.xml
index 7c0f6ddd6a..a690e4b470 100644
--- a/app-shells/direnv/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-shells/direnv/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="person">
+		<name>demize</name>
+		<email>demize@unstable.systems</email>
+	</maintainer>
 	<longdescription lang="en">
 	direnv is an extension for your shell. It augments existing shells with
 	a new feature that can load and unload environment variables depending