diff --git a/dev-util/bin_replace_string/metadata.xml b/dev-util/bin_replace_string/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/bin_replace_string/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>binki@ohnopub.net</email>
+  </maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>