diff --git a/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk b/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
index 2c66434a9a..1119266863 100644
--- a/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
+++ b/package/diffutils/diffutils.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ DIFFUTILS_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/diffutils
 DIFFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 DIFFUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 DIFFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+DIFFUTILS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 
 # Since glibc >= 2.26, don't try to use getopt_long replacement bundled
 # with diffutils. It will conflict with the one from glibc.