diff --git a/scripts/metadata.pm b/scripts/metadata.pm
index ee5a2945ca7..e716f75d102 100644
--- a/scripts/metadata.pm
+++ b/scripts/metadata.pm
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ sub parse_package_metadata($) {
 		/^Source: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{source} = $1;
 		/^License: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{license} = $1;
 		/^LicenseFiles: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{licensefiles} = $1;
+		/^CPE-ID: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{cpe_id} = $1;
 		/^Default: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and $pkg->{default} = $1;
 		/^Provides: \s*(.+)\s*$/ and do {
 			my @vpkg = split /\s+/, $1;
diff --git a/scripts/package-metadata.pl b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
index 8d8a9fd3065..e34b738c0f1 100755
--- a/scripts/package-metadata.pl
+++ b/scripts/package-metadata.pl
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ ${json}{
 "version":"$pkg->{version}",
 "category":"$pkg->{category}",
 "license":"$pkg->{license}",
+"cpe_id":"$pkg->{cpe_id}",
 "maintainer": [$pkg_maintainer],
 "depends":[$pkg_deps]},
 END_JSON