diff --git a/package/crun/Config.in b/package/crun/Config.in
index 5aca10dcdb..5def7001c1 100644
--- a/package/crun/Config.in
+++ b/package/crun/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CRUN
 	bool "crun"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC || BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_MUSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_YAJL # libocispec
 	help
 	  crun is a fast and low-memory OCI Container Runtime in C.
diff --git a/package/crun/crun.mk b/package/crun/crun.mk
index 4a0c150594..65f166e657 100644
--- a/package/crun/crun.mk
+++ b/package/crun/crun.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ CRUN_CPE_ID_VENDOR = crun_project
 CRUN_AUTORECONF = YES
 CRUN_CONF_OPTS = --disable-embedded-yajl
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE),y)
+CRUN_DEPENDENCIES += argp-standalone
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),y)
 CRUN_DEPENDENCIES += libcap
 CRUN_CONF_OPTS += --enable-caps