diff --git a/plugins/synapticsmst/fu-synapticsmst-device.c b/plugins/synapticsmst/fu-synapticsmst-device.c
index 15d6dd1b3..4c741df81 100644
--- a/plugins/synapticsmst/fu-synapticsmst-device.c
+++ b/plugins/synapticsmst/fu-synapticsmst-device.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ fu_synapticsmst_device_init (FuSynapticsmstDevice *self)
 {
 	fu_device_set_protocol (FU_DEVICE (self), "com.synaptics.mst");
 	fu_device_set_vendor (FU_DEVICE (self), "Synaptics");
+	fu_device_set_vendor_id (FU_DEVICE (self), "DRM_DP_AUX_DEV:0x06CB");
 	fu_device_set_summary (FU_DEVICE (self), "Multi-Stream Transport Device");
 	fu_device_add_icon (FU_DEVICE (self), "video-display");
 }