diff --git a/package/git/git.mk b/package/git/git.mk
index 8121add711..55178de138 100644
--- a/package/git/git.mk
+++ b/package/git/git.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ GIT_SOURCE = git-$(GIT_VERSION).tar.xz
 GIT_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/software/scm/git
 GIT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0, LGPL-2.1+
 GIT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING LGPL-2.1
+GIT_CPE_ID_VENDOR = git-scm
 GIT_DEPENDENCIES = zlib $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 # We're patching configure.ac
 GIT_AUTORECONF = YES