diff --git a/package/cairo/cairo.mk b/package/cairo/cairo.mk
index 3d2fdbd5de..98f270442a 100644
--- a/package/cairo/cairo.mk
+++ b/package/cairo/cairo.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CAIRO_VERSION = 1.16.0
 CAIRO_SOURCE = cairo-$(CAIRO_VERSION).tar.xz
 CAIRO_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1 or MPL-1.1 (library)
 CAIRO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING-LGPL-2.1 COPYING-MPL-1.1
+CAIRO_CPE_ID_VENDOR = cairographics
 CAIRO_SITE = http://cairographics.org/releases
 CAIRO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES