diff --git a/lang/vala/Makefile b/lang/vala/Makefile
index 24ccef4c50..e57aee2083 100644
--- a/lang/vala/Makefile
+++ b/lang/vala/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ PKG_HASH:=9382c268ca9bdc02aaedc8152a9818bf3935273041f629c56de410e360a3f557
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1-or-later
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:gnome:vala
 
 PKG_HOST_ONLY:=1
 HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=glib2/host