diff --git a/package/petitboot/Config.in b/package/petitboot/Config.in
index 533c7a9f29..66836f31ac 100644
--- a/package/petitboot/Config.in
+++ b/package/petitboot/Config.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PETITBOOT
 	# run-time dependencies
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC if !BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE if BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC_LITE_ARCH_SUPPORTS && !BR2_PACKAGE_KEXEC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NVME if ( BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le )
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POWERPC_UTILS if ( BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le )
 	help
diff --git a/package/petitboot/petitboot.mk b/package/petitboot/petitboot.mk
index cd7631fa5c..2eb6461144 100644
--- a/package/petitboot/petitboot.mk
+++ b/package/petitboot/petitboot.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ PETITBOOT_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-bison \
 	host-flex \
 	lvm2 \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),libxcrypt) \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 PETITBOOT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 PETITBOOT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING