diff --git a/package/thermald/thermald.mk b/package/thermald/thermald.mk
index 98e9c361e5..5619258c44 100644
--- a/package/thermald/thermald.mk
+++ b/package/thermald/thermald.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ THERMALD_DEPENDENCIES = dbus dbus-glib libxml2 $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 # tools are GPL-3.0+ but are not added to the target
 THERMALD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 THERMALD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+THERMALD_CPE_ID_VENDOR = intel
 THERMALD_CONF_ENV = LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_INIT_SYSTEMD),y)