diff --git a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
index b06ce7dddf..63b454413c 100644
--- a/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
+++ b/package/cifs-utils/cifs-utils.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ CIFS_UTILS_SOURCE = cifs-utils-$(CIFS_UTILS_VERSION).tar.bz2
 CIFS_UTILS_SITE = http://ftp.samba.org/pub/linux-cifs/cifs-utils
 CIFS_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 CIFS_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+CIFS_UTILS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = samba
 # Missing install-sh in release tarball and patching Makefile.am
 CIFS_UTILS_AUTORECONF = YES
 CIFS_UTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf