diff --git a/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.mk b/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.mk
index a4ee0852cc..d2fe19d11e 100644
--- a/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.mk
+++ b/package/fail2ban/fail2ban.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ FAIL2BAN_VERSION = 0.11.1
 FAIL2BAN_SITE = $(call github,fail2ban,fail2ban,$(FAIL2BAN_VERSION))
 FAIL2BAN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 FAIL2BAN_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+FAIL2BAN_CPE_ID_VENDOR = fail2ban
 FAIL2BAN_SETUP_TYPE = distutils
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)