diff --git a/.gitlab/issue_templates/Maintainership_status_of_package.md b/.gitlab/issue_templates/Maintainership_status_of_package.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6209e833
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+++ b/.gitlab/issue_templates/Maintainership_status_of_package.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!-- Use this template to kick off the discussion for a package with (presumably)
+     inactive maintainers and the future for the maintainership of the package.
+-->
+
+### Information
+
+* Package name:
+* Maintainers of the package:
+* MR that had no maintainer response, if applicable:
+
+/label ~maintainership-status
diff --git a/docs/approval-rules.md b/docs/approval-rules.md
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--- a/docs/approval-rules.md
+++ b/docs/approval-rules.md
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ it is sufficient to solely have the approval a team member.
 
 If there is no package maintainer or the package maintainer does not
 reply within 2 weeks from the time the MR was opened, then any 2 approvals are
-required.
+required. When you merge a MR with no maintainer response, open a issue with the
+issue template: <https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/issues/new?description_template=Maintainership_status_of_package>.
 
 If there are multiple maintainers, an approval from any maintainer is sufficient
 to satisfy the "approval by the package maintainer" criteria (i.e., not every