diff --git a/package/freeradius-server/Config.in b/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
index d51d92714d..e99778ea49 100644
--- a/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
+++ b/package/freeradius-server/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREERADIUS_SERVER
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTALLOC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  FreeRADIUS is an open source server which implements
 	  a protocol for remote user Authorization, Authentication
diff --git a/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk b/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
index 1e8ada6bb9..c64ae79918 100644
--- a/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
+++ b/package/freeradius-server/freeradius-server.mk
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ else
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --without-pcap
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+FREERADIUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),y)
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_CONF_OPTS += --with-rlm_pam
 FREERADIUS_SERVER_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam