diff --git a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
index 1b71f5c06a..3460c5c3b3 100644
--- a/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
+++ b/package/iproute2/iproute2.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex host-pkgconf \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMNL),libmnl)
 IPROUTE2_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 IPROUTE2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+IPROUTE2_CPE_ID_VENDOR = iproute2_project
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ELFUTILS),y)
 IPROUTE2_DEPENDENCIES += elfutils