diff --git a/package/mender/mender.mk b/package/mender/mender.mk
index 724295f784..ee1398244b 100644
--- a/package/mender/mender.mk
+++ b/package/mender/mender.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 MENDER_VERSION = 3.4.0
 MENDER_SITE = $(call github,mendersoftware,mender,$(MENDER_VERSION))
 MENDER_LICENSE = Apache-2.0, BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, ISC, MIT, OLDAP-2.8
+MENDER_CPE_ID_VENDOR = northern.tech
 
 # Vendor license paths generated with:
 #    awk '{print $2}' LIC_FILES_CHKSUM.sha256 | grep vendor