diff --git a/package/make/make.mk b/package/make/make.mk
index 10082353a2..f289c5c3d9 100644
--- a/package/make/make.mk
+++ b/package/make/make.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ MAKE_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/make
 MAKE_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES) host-pkgconf
 MAKE_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 MAKE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+MAKE_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
+
 # Patching configure.ac
 MAKE_AUTORECONF = YES