diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/xerces-c/xerces-c_3.3.0.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/xerces-c/xerces-c_3.3.0.bb
index 2819366dc9..102e329878 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/xerces-c/xerces-c_3.3.0.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/xerces-c/xerces-c_3.3.0.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ SECTION =  "libs"
 LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57"
 
+CVE_PRODUCT = "xerces-c\+\+"
+
 SRC_URI = "http://archive.apache.org/dist/xerces/c/3/sources/${BP}.tar.bz2 \
     file://0001-aclocal.m4-don-t-use-full-path-of-with_curl-in-xerce.patch \
 "