diff --git a/package/libzip/Config.in b/package/libzip/Config.in
index f69dd0d4d5..c6ddabe6b5 100644
--- a/package/libzip/Config.in
+++ b/package/libzip/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBZIP
 	bool "libzip"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlsym()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_MUSL_FTS if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives.
diff --git a/package/libzip/libzip.mk b/package/libzip/libzip.mk
index 280ca6d8c7..a312dd90df 100644
--- a/package/libzip/libzip.mk
+++ b/package/libzip/libzip.mk
@@ -33,5 +33,10 @@ else
 LIBZIP_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_OPENSSL=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),)
+LIBZIP_DEPENDENCIES += musl-fts
+LIBZIP_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-lfts
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))