diff --git a/package/freeswitch/Config.in b/package/freeswitch/Config.in
index 1ab624c33c..80d18e064d 100644
--- a/package/freeswitch/Config.in
+++ b/package/freeswitch/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_FREESWITCH
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # uses wchar_t
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG_SWSCALE if BR2_PACKAGE_FFMPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	# src/mod/applications/mod_cv/mod_cv.cpp includes
 	# highgui.h, imgproc.hpp & objdetect.hpp
diff --git a/package/freeswitch/freeswitch.mk b/package/freeswitch/freeswitch.mk
index 5b9dc49c9b..6160fe5fcb 100644
--- a/package/freeswitch/freeswitch.mk
+++ b/package/freeswitch/freeswitch.mk
@@ -229,6 +229,10 @@ FREESWITCH_DEPENDENCIES += libpng
 FREESWITCH_ENABLED_MODULES += formats/mod_png
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+FREESWITCH_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBYAML),y)
 FREESWITCH_DEPENDENCIES += libyaml
 FREESWITCH_ENABLED_MODULES += languages/mod_yaml