diff --git a/package/libnl/libnl.mk b/package/libnl/libnl.mk
index 795dfc2316..fc9398b29a 100644
--- a/package/libnl/libnl.mk
+++ b/package/libnl/libnl.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ LIBNL_VERSION = 3.5.0
 LIBNL_SITE = https://github.com/thom311/libnl/releases/download/libnl$(subst .,_,$(LIBNL_VERSION))
 LIBNL_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 LIBNL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+LIBNL_CPE_ID_VENDOR = libnl_project
+
 LIBNL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBNL_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex host-pkgconf