diff --git a/package/rdesktop/rdesktop.mk b/package/rdesktop/rdesktop.mk
index 672d85b5c5..5a1739a46e 100644
--- a/package/rdesktop/rdesktop.mk
+++ b/package/rdesktop/rdesktop.mk
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RDESKTOP_DEPENDENCIES = \
 RDESKTOP_CONF_OPTS = --disable-credssp
 RDESKTOP_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 RDESKTOP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+RDESKTOP_CPE_ID_VENDOR = rdesktop
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCSC_LITE),y)
 RDESKTOP_DEPENDENCIES += pcsc-lite