diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index eb5e7ad922..d25e5bf468 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ define BUSYBOX_SET_MDEV
 endef
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+BUSYBOX_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 # sha passwords need USE_BB_CRYPT_SHA
 ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA256)$(BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA512),y)
 define BUSYBOX_SET_CRYPT_SHA