diff --git a/package/sdl/sdl.mk b/package/sdl/sdl.mk
index 06564d610a..7389cd3edb 100644
--- a/package/sdl/sdl.mk
+++ b/package/sdl/sdl.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SDL_SOURCE = SDL-$(SDL_VERSION).tar.gz
 SDL_SITE = http://www.libsdl.org/release
 SDL_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
 SDL_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+SDL_CPE_ID_VENDOR = libsdl
+SDL_CPE_ID_PRODUCT = simple_directmedia_layer
 SDL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 # we're patching configure.in, but package cannot autoreconf with our version of