diff --git a/package/htop/htop.mk b/package/htop/htop.mk
index f42d7bee36..313518d8b5 100644
--- a/package/htop/htop.mk
+++ b/package/htop/htop.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ HTOP_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 HTOP_CONF_ENV = HTOP_NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPT=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/$(NCURSES_CONFIG_SCRIPTS)
 HTOP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 HTOP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+HTOP_CPE_ID_VENDOR = htop
 
 # ac_cv_prog_cc_c99 is required for BR2_USE_WCHAR=n because the C99 test
 # provided by autoconf relies on wchar_t.