diff --git a/package/freeradius-client/Config.in b/package/freeradius-client/Config.in
index 773adb8a09..36a74c3a6d 100644
--- a/package/freeradius-client/Config.in
+++ b/package/freeradius-client/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_FREERADIUS_CLIENT
 	bool "freeradius-client"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  FreeRADIUS Client is a framework and library for
 	  writing RADIUS Clients.
diff --git a/package/freeradius-client/freeradius-client.mk b/package/freeradius-client/freeradius-client.mk
index 981ed163e0..b113643415 100644
--- a/package/freeradius-client/freeradius-client.mk
+++ b/package/freeradius-client/freeradius-client.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ FREERADIUS_CLIENT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 FREERADIUS_CLIENT_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+FREERADIUS_CLIENT_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NETTLE),y)
 FREERADIUS_CLIENT_DEPENDENCIES += nettle
 FREERADIUS_CLIENT_CONF_OPTS += --with-nettle=yes