diff --git a/package/rsync/rsync.mk b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
index 52875e428a..db26ebd93a 100644
--- a/package/rsync/rsync.mk
+++ b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ RSYNC_VERSION = 3.1.3
 RSYNC_SITE = http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src
 RSYNC_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 RSYNC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+RSYNC_CPE_ID_VENDOR = samba
 RSYNC_DEPENDENCIES = zlib popt
 RSYNC_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-included-zlib=no \