diff --git a/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass b/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
index 6e10dd915a..90097cfde8 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
@@ -31,7 +31,12 @@
 CVE_PRODUCT ??= "${BPN}"
 CVE_VERSION ??= "${PV}"
 
-CVE_CHECK_DB_FILENAME ?= "nvdcve_2-2.db"
+# Possible database sources: NVD1, NVD2, FKIE
+NVD_DB_VERSION ?= "NVD2"
+
+# Use different file names for each database source, as they synchronize at different moments, so may be slightly different
+CVE_CHECK_DB_FILENAME ?= "${@'nvdcve_2-2.db' if d.getVar('NVD_DB_VERSION') == 'NVD2' else 'nvdcve_1-3.db' if d.getVar('NVD_DB_VERSION') == 'NVD1' else 'nvdfkie_1-1.db'}"
+CVE_CHECK_DB_FETCHER ?= "${@'cve-update-nvd2-native' if d.getVar('NVD_DB_VERSION') == 'NVD2' else 'cve-update-db-native'}"
 CVE_CHECK_DB_DIR ?= "${STAGING_DIR}/CVE_CHECK"
 CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE ?= "${CVE_CHECK_DB_DIR}/${CVE_CHECK_DB_FILENAME}"
 CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE_LOCK ?= "${CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE}.lock"
@@ -114,6 +119,11 @@ python () {
                 d.setVarFlag("CVE_STATUS", cve, d.getVarFlag(cve_status_group, "status"))
         else:
             bb.warn("CVE_STATUS_GROUPS contains undefined variable %s" % cve_status_group)
+
+    nvd_database_type = d.getVar("NVD_DB_VERSION")
+    if nvd_database_type not in ("NVD1", "NVD2", "FKIE"):
+        bb.erroronce("Malformed NVD_DB_VERSION, must be one of: NVD1, NVD2, FKIE. Defaulting to NVD2")
+        d.setVar("NVD_DB_VERSION", "NVD2")
 }
 
 def generate_json_report(d, out_path, link_path):
@@ -182,7 +192,7 @@ python do_cve_check () {
 }
 
 addtask cve_check before do_build
-do_cve_check[depends] = "cve-update-nvd2-native:do_unpack"
+do_cve_check[depends] = "${CVE_CHECK_DB_FETCHER}:do_unpack"
 do_cve_check[nostamp] = "1"
 
 python cve_check_cleanup () {