1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass b/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
index b0febfb2e5..75b8fa9ab9 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 # the only method to check against CVEs. Running this tool
 # doesn't guarantee your packages are free of CVEs.
 
+# The product name that the CVE database uses.  Defaults to BPN, but may need to
+# be overriden per recipe (for example tiff.bb sets CVE_PRODUCT=libtiff).
+CVE_PRODUCT ?= "${BPN}"
+
 CVE_CHECK_DB_DIR ?= "${DL_DIR}/CVE_CHECK"
 CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE ?= "${CVE_CHECK_DB_DIR}/nvd.db"
 
@@ -144,7 +148,7 @@ def check_cves(d, patched_cves):
 
     cves_patched = []
     cves_unpatched = []
-    bpn = d.getVar("BPN", True)
+    bpn = d.getVar("CVE_PRODUCT")
     pv = d.getVar("PV", True).split("git+")[0]
     cves = " ".join(patched_cves)
     cve_db_dir = d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_DB_DIR", True)