diff --git a/dev-libs/popt/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/popt/metadata.xml
index 3e60a9a347a4e..ead9990c6f766 100644
--- a/dev-libs/popt/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/popt/metadata.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
     <email>base-system@gentoo.org</email>
     <name>Gentoo Base System</name>
   </maintainer>
+<upstream>
+  <remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:popt_project:popt</remote-id>
+</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>