diff --git a/net-client/metadata.xml b/net-client/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6bd27142b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-client/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE catmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<catmetadata>
+	<longdescription lang="en">
+		The net-client category contains browsers for miscellaneous
+		network protocols.
+	</longdescription>
+</catmetadata>
diff --git a/profiles/categories b/profiles/categories
index b099bef949..a25e58ef63 100644
--- a/profiles/categories
+++ b/profiles/categories
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 dev-R
+net-client