diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index bfd9d0a0..e9b773f5 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   <description>The rtabmap ros-pkg</description>
 
   <maintainer email="matlabbe@gmail.com">Mathieu Labbe</maintainer>
+  <author>Mathieu Labbe</author>
   <license>BSD</license>
   <url type="website">http://introlab.github.io/rtabmap</url>
   <url type="repository">https://github.com/introlab/rtabmap_ros</url>