diff --git a/dev-lang/swift/metadata.xml b/dev-lang/swift/metadata.xml
index a6dcf0dbad..810cc5c5af 100644
--- a/dev-lang/swift/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-lang/swift/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">
+    <email>itai@itaiferber.net</email>
+    <name>Itai Ferber</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <remote-id type="github">swiftlang/swift</remote-id>
   </upstream>