diff --git a/package/libzlib/libzlib.mk b/package/libzlib/libzlib.mk
index 933732d6ba..431c48739a 100644
--- a/package/libzlib/libzlib.mk
+++ b/package/libzlib/libzlib.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ LIBZLIB_LICENSE = Zlib
 LIBZLIB_LICENSE_FILES = README
 LIBZLIB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBZLIB_PROVIDES = zlib
-LIBZLIB_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
+LIBZLIB_CPE_ID_VENDOR = zlib
 LIBZLIB_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = zlib
 
 # It is not possible to build only a shared version of zlib, so we build both