diff --git a/package/lighttpd/Config.in b/package/lighttpd/Config.in
index 5d9e624506..66532d7dd5 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/lighttpd/Config.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD
 	bool "lighttpd"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XXHASH
 	help
 	  lighttpd a secure, fast, compliant and very flexible
diff --git a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
index 5109e3cebb..be8eda6b8d 100644
--- a/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
+++ b/package/lighttpd/lighttpd.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-Dbuild_static=false \
 	-Dmoduledir=lib/lighttpd
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIGHTTPD_BROTLI),y)
 LIGHTTPD_DEPENDENCIES += brotli
 LIGHTTPD_CONF_OPTS += -Dwith_brotli=enabled