diff --git a/core/tasks/vendor_module_check.mk b/core/tasks/vendor_module_check.mk
index c51a40c28e..80b05b37ed 100644
--- a/core/tasks/vendor_module_check.mk
+++ b/core/tasks/vendor_module_check.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ _vendor_owner_whitelist := \
         csr \
         elan \
         google \
+        htc \
         imgtec \
         invensense \
         lge \