diff --git a/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk b/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
index c1770cf636..8936f6c4f6 100644
--- a/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
+++ b/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ I2C_TOOLS_SOURCE = i2c-tools-$(I2C_TOOLS_VERSION).tar.xz
 I2C_TOOLS_SITE = https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/utils/i2c-tools
 I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+, GPL-2.0 (py-smbus), LGPL-2.1+ (libi2c)
 I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LGPL README
+I2C_TOOLS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = i2c-tools_project
 I2C_TOOLS_MAKE_OPTS = EXTRA=eeprog
 I2C_TOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES