diff --git a/package/nginx/nginx.mk b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
index fb06108ab3..9c32546835 100644
--- a/package/nginx/nginx.mk
+++ b/package/nginx/nginx.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ NGINX_VERSION = 1.18.0
 NGINX_SITE = http://nginx.org/download
 NGINX_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause
 NGINX_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+NGINX_CPE_ID_VENDOR = nginx
 NGINX_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
 NGINX_CONF_OPTS = \