diff --git a/package/capnproto/capnproto.mk b/package/capnproto/capnproto.mk
index 2e7b095cbf..901b57ecda 100644
--- a/package/capnproto/capnproto.mk
+++ b/package/capnproto/capnproto.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ CAPNPROTO_VERSION = 0.8.0
 CAPNPROTO_SITE = $(call github,capnproto,capnproto,v$(CAPNPROTO_VERSION))
 CAPNPROTO_LICENSE = MIT
 CAPNPROTO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+CAPNPROTO_CPE_ID_VENDOR = capnproto
 CAPNPROTO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 # Fetched from Github with no configure script
 CAPNPROTO_AUTORECONF = YES