diff --git a/package/monit/monit.mk b/package/monit/monit.mk
index 93e310ff78..b9e131a363 100644
--- a/package/monit/monit.mk
+++ b/package/monit/monit.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ MONIT_VERSION = 5.26.0
 MONIT_SITE = http://mmonit.com/monit/dist
 MONIT_LICENSE = AGPL-3.0 with OpenSSL exception
 MONIT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+MONIT_CPE_ID_VENDOR = mmonit
 #
 # Touching Makefile.am:
 MONIT_AUTORECONF = YES