diff --git a/package/rpm/rpm.mk b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
index 351ae0994f..350a38264b 100644
--- a/package/rpm/rpm.mk
+++ b/package/rpm/rpm.mk
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ RPM_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 RPM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 or LGPL-2.0 (library only)
 RPM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+RPM_CPE_ID_VENDOR = rpm
 # We're patching configure.ac
 RPM_AUTORECONF = YES