diff --git a/package/smartmontools/smartmontools.mk b/package/smartmontools/smartmontools.mk
index 9dc2f789cc..1f4448cb84 100644
--- a/package/smartmontools/smartmontools.mk
+++ b/package/smartmontools/smartmontools.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SMARTMONTOOLS_VERSION = 7.1
 SMARTMONTOOLS_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/smartmontools/smartmontools/$(SMARTMONTOOLS_VERSION)
 SMARTMONTOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 SMARTMONTOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+SMARTMONTOOLS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = smartmontools
 # We're patching configure.ac
 SMARTMONTOOLS_AUTORECONF = YES