diff --git a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
index 15707e198e..026c0a46cc 100644
--- a/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
+++ b/package/squashfs/squashfs.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SQUASHFS_VERSION = 4.4
 SQUASHFS_SITE = $(call github,plougher,squashfs-tools,$(SQUASHFS_VERSION))
 SQUASHFS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 SQUASHFS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+SQUASHFS_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 SQUASHFS_MAKE_ARGS = XATTR_SUPPORT=1
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SQUASHFS_LZ4),y)