diff --git a/dev-libs/libnl/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libnl/metadata.xml
index ff40a5ef75a95..cb4d98b0f4c32 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libnl/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/libnl/metadata.xml
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
 	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">thom311/libnl</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:libnl_project:libnl</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
 </pkgmetadata>