diff --git a/package/lldpd/lldpd.mk b/package/lldpd/lldpd.mk
index 19efc788d7..b88dd002e4 100644
--- a/package/lldpd/lldpd.mk
+++ b/package/lldpd/lldpd.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LLDPD_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_VALGRIND),valgrind)
 LLDPD_LICENSE = ISC
 LLDPD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+LLDPD_CPE_ID_VENDOR = lldpd_project
 
 # Detection of c99 support in configure fails without WCHAR. To enable
 # automatic detection of c99 support by configure, we need to enable