diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pm b/scripts/metadata.pm
index 9e9cd202e6..a884f6f3d0 100644
--- a/scripts/metadata.pm
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pm
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ sub parse_package_metadata($) {
 		};
 		/^Config:\s*(.*)\s*$/ and $pkg->{config} = "$1\n".get_multiline(*FILE, "\t");
 		/^Prereq-Check:/ and $pkg->{prereq} = 1;
+		/^Maintainer: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{maintainer} = [ split /, /, $1 ];
 		/^Require-User:\s*(.*?)\s*$/ and do {
 			my @ugspecs = split /\s+/, $1;