diff --git a/package/apache/Config.in b/package/apache/Config.in
index 270296bce4..bc3133ea00 100644
--- a/package/apache/Config.in
+++ b/package/apache/Config.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_APACHE
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # apr
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_APR_UTIL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  The Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and
 	  maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating
diff --git a/package/apache/apache.mk b/package/apache/apache.mk
index 1b095c5eb1..619d13726e 100644
--- a/package/apache/apache.mk
+++ b/package/apache/apache.mk
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ else
 APACHE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-brotli
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+APACHE_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2),y)
 APACHE_DEPENDENCIES += libxml2
 # Apache wants the path to the header file, where it can find