diff --git a/dev-php/pecl-inotify/metadata.xml b/dev-php/pecl-inotify/metadata.xml
index b8b33ab88d..e42fbb3a6e 100644
--- a/dev-php/pecl-inotify/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-php/pecl-inotify/metadata.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-  <!-- maintainer-needed -->
+  <maintainer type="person">
+    <description>co-maintainers welcome</description>
+    <email>lssndrbarbieri@gmail.com</email>
+    <name>Alessandro Barbieri</name>
+  </maintainer>
   <upstream>
     <maintainer> 
       <email>arnaud.lb@gmail.com</email>