diff --git a/check_source.py b/check_source.py
index 605173b4..157a0bcc 100755
--- a/check_source.py
+++ b/check_source.py
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     import cElementTree as ET
 
+from lxml import etree as ETL
+
 import osc.conf
 import osc.core
 from osc.util.helper import decode_list
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ from osclib.core import package_kind
 from osclib.core import source_file_load
 from osclib.core import target_archs
 from osclib.core import create_add_role_request
-from osclib.core import maintainers_get
+from osc.core import show_project_meta
 from urllib.error import HTTPError
 
 import ReviewBot
@@ -348,7 +350,10 @@ class CheckSource(ReviewBot.ReviewBot):
         )
         if not self.required_maintainer: return True
 
-        maintainers = maintainers_get(self.apiurl, source_project)
+        meta = ETL.fromstringlist(show_project_meta(self.apiurl, source_project))
+        maintainers = meta.xpath('//person[@role="maintainer"]/@userid')
+        maintainers += ['group:' + g for g in meta.xpath('//group[@role="maintainer"]/@groupid')]
+
         return self.required_maintainer in maintainers
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/check_source_tests.py b/tests/check_source_tests.py
index 853edf15..bd4919c4 100644
--- a/tests/check_source_tests.py
+++ b/tests/check_source_tests.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class TestCheckSource(OBSLocal.TestCase):
         self.assertReview(req_id, by_user=(self.bot_user, 'accepted'))
         self.assertReview(req_id, by_group=(REVIEW_TEAM, 'new'))
 
-    def test_source_maintainer(self):
+    def test_no_source_maintainer(self):
         """Declines the request when the 'required_maintainer' is not maintainer of the source project"""
         self._setup_devel_project()
 
@@ -103,8 +103,26 @@ class TestCheckSource(OBSLocal.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(add_role_req.actions[0].tgt_project, SRC_PROJECT)
         self.assertEqual('Created automatically from request %s' % req_id, add_role_req.description)
 
-    def _setup_devel_project(self):
-        devel_project = self.wf.create_project(SRC_PROJECT)
+    def test_source_maintainer(self):
+        """Accepts the request when the 'required_maintainer' is a group and is a maintainer for the project"""
+        group_name = FACTORY_MAINTAINERS.replace('group:', '')
+        self.wf.create_group(group_name)
+        self.wf.remote_config_set({ 'required-source-maintainer': FACTORY_MAINTAINERS })
+
+        self._setup_devel_project(maintainer={'groups': [group_name]})
+
+        req_id = self.wf.create_submit_request(SRC_PROJECT, 'blowfish').reqid
+
+        self.assertReview(req_id, by_user=(self.bot_user, 'new'))
+
+        self.review_bot.set_request_ids([req_id])
+        self.review_bot.check_requests()
+
+        self.assertReview(req_id, by_user=(self.bot_user, 'accepted'))
+        self.assertReview(req_id, by_group=(REVIEW_TEAM, 'new'))
+
+    def _setup_devel_project(self, maintainer={}):
+        devel_project = self.wf.create_project(SRC_PROJECT, maintainer=maintainer)
         devel_package = OBSLocal.Package('blowfish', project=devel_project)
 
         blowfish_spec = os.path.join(FIXTURES, 'packages', 'blowfish', 'blowfish.spec')