diff --git a/tools/maaslin2/maaslin2.xml b/tools/maaslin2/maaslin2.xml
index 8aedfd3ecab..1d319ae0155 100644
--- a/tools/maaslin2/maaslin2.xml
+++ b/tools/maaslin2/maaslin2.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
         <import>macros.xml</import>
     </macros>
     <expand macro="edam_ontology"/>
+    <expand macro="xrefs"/>
     <expand macro="requirements"/>
     <command detect_errors="exit_code"><![CDATA[
 ln -s '$input_data' 'input_data.tsv'
diff --git a/tools/maaslin2/macros.xml b/tools/maaslin2/macros.xml
index b2baba36993..7903f9f7018 100644
--- a/tools/maaslin2/macros.xml
+++ b/tools/maaslin2/macros.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
             <edam_topic>topic_3305</edam_topic>
         </edam_topics>           
     </xml>
+    <xml name="xrefs">
+        <xrefs>
+            <xref type="bio.tools">maaslin2</xref>
+        </xrefs>
+    </xml>
     <xml name="requirements">
         <requirements>
             <requirement type="package" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">maaslin2</requirement>