diff --git a/package/policycoreutils/Config.in b/package/policycoreutils/Config.in
index 3201c8fede..499aaf531d 100644
--- a/package/policycoreutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/policycoreutils/Config.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_POLICYCOREUTILS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # libsemanage -> libselinux -> libsepol
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSEMANAGE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP_NG
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  Policycoreutils is a collection of policy utilities
 	  (originally the "core" set of utilities needed to use
diff --git a/package/policycoreutils/policycoreutils.mk b/package/policycoreutils/policycoreutils.mk
index 0e639760fa..3152fb6b67 100644
--- a/package/policycoreutils/policycoreutils.mk
+++ b/package/policycoreutils/policycoreutils.mk
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ POLICYCOREUTILS_CPE_ID_VENDOR = selinuxproject
 POLICYCOREUTILS_DEPENDENCIES = libsemanage libcap-ng $(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 POLICYCOREUTILS_MAKE_OPTS = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) LDLIBS=$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+POLICYCOREUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),y)
 POLICYCOREUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam
 POLICYCOREUTILS_MAKE_OPTS += NAMESPACE_PRIV=y