diff --git a/package/libidn2/libidn2.mk b/package/libidn2/libidn2.mk
index 3f87b9bb8c..4db302dbf4 100644
--- a/package/libidn2/libidn2.mk
+++ b/package/libidn2/libidn2.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LIBIDN2_VERSION = 2.3.0
 LIBIDN2_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/libidn
 LIBIDN2_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-3.0+ (library)
 LIBIDN2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYINGv2 COPYING.LESSERv3 COPYING.unicode
+LIBIDN2_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 LIBIDN2_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) \