diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index 3521743c..9ab1fd35 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ JANWARE_PACKAGE_FILTER       = url =~ janware
 TARGET_PROJECTS              = $(filter-out $(EXCLUDE_FROM_BUILD),$(PROJECTS))
 BUILD_PROJECTS               = $(shell $(JW_PKG_PY_BUILD) --build-order all $(TARGET_PROJECTS))
 GIT_PROJECTS                 = $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(wildcard $(addsuffix /.git,$(BUILD_PROJECTS)))))
+PROJECTS_WITH_PROJECT_CONF   = $(patsubst %/make/project.conf,%,$(wildcard $(addsuffix /make/project.conf,$(BUILD_PROJECTS))))
 
 # ------------ targets
 
@@ -308,6 +309,8 @@ pull-all: purge git-get git-pull-all
 diff-all diff: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
 	$(PGIT_SH) diff
 
+get-maintainer: git-get-maintainer
+
 # --- git targets
 
 git-push push: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
@@ -335,6 +338,9 @@ git-get-mini: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
 git-pull-all: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
 	$(PGIT_SH) pull $(PGIT_SH_OPTS_NETWORK) --all
 
+git-get-maintainer: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
+	PGIT_SH_PROJECTS="$(PROJECTS_WITH_PROJECT_CONF)" $(PGIT_SH) exec make git-get-maintainer
+
 git-get-%: $(SSH_WRAPPER_SH)
 	$(PGIT_SH_GET) $(PGIT_SH_OPTS_NETWORK) --refspec "$*:master:master"
 
diff --git a/make/topdir.mk b/make/topdir.mk
index 10062fcc..be23e8b5 100644
--- a/make/topdir.mk
+++ b/make/topdir.mk
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ do-install-links:
 install-links:
 	DEVELOPMENT=false make do-install-links
 
+get-maintainer: git-get-maintainer
+
 git-init: git-init.done $(GIT_DESCR)
 
 git-init-from-cvs: git-init