diff --git a/dev-util/boost-build/metadata.xml b/dev-util/boost-build/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+  <herd>cpp</herd>
+  <maintainer>
+    <email>dev-zero@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Tiziano Müller</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <maintainer>
+    <email>djc@gentoo.org</email>
+    <name>Dirkjan Ochtman</name>
+  </maintainer>
+  <maintainer>
+    <email>s.mingramm@gmx.de</email>
+    <name>Sebastian Mingramm</name>
+  </maintainer>
+</pkgmetadata>