diff --git a/package/dante/Config.in b/package/dante/Config.in
index 41a89990d2..bd0ddb236d 100644
--- a/package/dante/Config.in
+++ b/package/dante/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_DANTE
 	bool "dante"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  Dante is a product developed by Inferno Nettverk A/S. It
 	  consists of a SOCKS server and a SOCKS client, implementing
diff --git a/package/dante/dante.mk b/package/dante/dante.mk
index ae60252bed..bae46c5a71 100644
--- a/package/dante/dante.mk
+++ b/package/dante/dante.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ else
 DANTE_CONF_OPTS += --without-upnp
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+DANTE_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),y)
 DANTE_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam
 DANTE_CONF_OPTS += --with-pam