diff --git a/package/composer/composer.mk b/package/composer/composer.mk
index fde5b48951..9bfabc28af 100644
--- a/package/composer/composer.mk
+++ b/package/composer/composer.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ BASE_SITE = https://getcomposer.org/download/$(COMPOSER_VERSION)/composer.phar
 COMPOSER_SITE = $(BASE_SITE)?n=f/$(COMPOSER_SOURCE)
 COMPOSER_LICENSE = MIT
 COMPOSER_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+COMPOSER_CPE_ID_VENDOR = getcomposer
 
 HOST_COMPOSER_DEPENDENCIES = host-php
 HOST_COMPOSER_EXTRACT_DEPENDENCIES = host-php