diff --git a/dev-libs/libxml/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libxml/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libxml/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<herd>no-herd</herd>
+<maintainer>
+<email>maintainer-needed@gentoo.org</email>
+</maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>