diff --git a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
index 5bafc7ee97..1f99ac3e55 100644
--- a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
+++ b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ PROCPS_NG_SOURCE = procps-ng-$(PROCPS_NG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PROCPS_NG_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/procps-ng/Production
 PROCPS_NG_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, LGPL-2.0+ (libproc and libps)
 PROCPS_NG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
+PROCPS_NG_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 PROCPS_NG_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 PROCPS_NG_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses host-pkgconf $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 PROCPS_NG_CONF_OPTS = LIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)