diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index 42f2f8b304..e52e38b16e 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ELFUTILS_SITE = https://sourceware.org/elfutils/ftp/$(ELFUTILS_VERSION)
 ELFUTILS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 ELFUTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ or LGPL-3.0+ (library)
 ELFUTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING-GPLV2 COPYING-LGPLV3
+ELFUTILS_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf zlib $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 HOST_ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-zlib host-bzip2 host-xz