diff --git a/package/vala/vala.mk b/package/vala/vala.mk
index 95365faf18..93a304f19c 100644
--- a/package/vala/vala.mk
+++ b/package/vala/vala.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ VALA_SITE = http://download.gnome.org/sources/vala/$(VALA_VERSION_MAJOR)
 VALA_SOURCE = vala-$(VALA_VERSION).tar.xz
 VALA_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 VALA_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+VALA_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnome
 
 HOST_VALA_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex host-libglib2
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