diff --git a/package/sane-backends/sane-backends.mk b/package/sane-backends/sane-backends.mk
index 52e03da518..9c4494f096 100644
--- a/package/sane-backends/sane-backends.mk
+++ b/package/sane-backends/sane-backends.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SANE_BACKENDS_SITE = \
 SANE_BACKENDS_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = sane-config
 SANE_BACKENDS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 SANE_BACKENDS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+SANE_BACKENDS_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 SANE_BACKENDS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 SANE_BACKENDS_CONF_OPTS = \