diff --git a/package/libidn/libidn.mk b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
index 2df3437029..c49bbe098e 100644
--- a/package/libidn/libidn.mk
+++ b/package/libidn/libidn.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LIBIDN_CONF_OPTS = --disable-java --enable-csharp=no
 LIBIDN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
 LIBIDN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, GPL-3.0+, LGPL-3.0+
 LIBIDN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYINGv2 COPYINGv3 COPYING.LESSERv3
+LIBIDN_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 
 define LIBIDN_REMOVE_BINARY
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/idn