diff --git a/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk b/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
index 6db68af7ec..510f3725bf 100644
--- a/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
+++ b/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DIFFUTILS_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/diffutils
 DIFFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 DIFFUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 DIFFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+DIFFUTILS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 # We're patching m4/stack-direction.m4
 DIFFUTILS_AUTORECONF = YES