diff --git a/package/logrotate/logrotate.mk b/package/logrotate/logrotate.mk
index fe674ee6a5..747d8c2930 100644
--- a/package/logrotate/logrotate.mk
+++ b/package/logrotate/logrotate.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ LOGROTATE_VERSION = 3.17.0
 LOGROTATE_SITE = $(call github,logrotate,logrotate,$(LOGROTATE_VERSION))
 LOGROTATE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 LOGROTATE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+LOGROTATE_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 LOGROTATE_DEPENDENCIES = popt host-pkgconf
 # tarball does not have a generated configure script
 LOGROTATE_AUTORECONF = YES