diff --git a/libs/libxerces-c/Makefile b/libs/libxerces-c/Makefile
index ed7026d76c..c545520962 100644
--- a/libs/libxerces-c/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libxerces-c/Makefile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ PKG_HASH:=6239e6035645b21bc9bf7f02004db334dce3fe6d85428ee4fe7e180c2d948230
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
-PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:apache:xerces-c\+\+
+PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:apache:xerces-c
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/libs/libxerces-c/test-version.sh b/libs/libxerces-c/test-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..99f562b640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libxerces-c/test-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+pkg=$1
+ver=$2
+
+case "$pkg" in
+libxerces-c)
+	exit 0
+	;;
+libxerces-c-samples)
+	exit 0
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "test-version.sh: unhandled sub-package '$pkg'" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac