diff --git a/package/minicom/minicom.mk b/package/minicom/minicom.mk
index 1e12725983..7a8b2ef369 100644
--- a/package/minicom/minicom.mk
+++ b/package/minicom/minicom.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ MINICOM_SITE = \
 	https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom/-/archive/$(MINICOM_VERSION)
 MINICOM_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 MINICOM_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+MINICOM_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 MINICOM_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 MINICOM_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses $(if $(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),,libiconv) \