diff --git a/package/bison/bison.mk b/package/bison/bison.mk
index 70111a8d62..efd75afd66 100644
--- a/package/bison/bison.mk
+++ b/package/bison/bison.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ BISON_SOURCE = bison-$(BISON_VERSION).tar.xz
 BISON_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/bison
 BISON_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 BISON_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+BISON_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 # parallel build issue in examples/c/reccalc/
 BISON_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 HOST_BISON_DEPENDENCIES = host-m4