diff --git a/package/nettle/nettle.mk b/package/nettle/nettle.mk
index 50ebdc706b..68844976ea 100644
--- a/package/nettle/nettle.mk
+++ b/package/nettle/nettle.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ NETTLE_DEPENDENCIES = gmp
 NETTLE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 NETTLE_LICENSE = Dual GPL-2.0+/LGPL-3.0+
 NETTLE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.LESSERv3 COPYINGv2
+NETTLE_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 # don't include openssl support for (unused) examples as it has problems
 # with static linking
 NETTLE_CONF_OPTS = --disable-openssl