diff --git a/package/openswan/Config.in b/package/openswan/Config.in
index 724654e984..31c4a66b35 100644
--- a/package/openswan/Config.in
+++ b/package/openswan/Config.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSWAN
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_4 # iproute2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GMP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_IPROUTE2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  Openswan is an implementation of IPsec for Linux
 
diff --git a/package/openswan/openswan.mk b/package/openswan/openswan.mk
index 4c6a779f0d..64218810f8 100644
--- a/package/openswan/openswan.mk
+++ b/package/openswan/openswan.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ OPENSWAN_DEPENDENCIES += libcurl
 OPENSWAN_MAKE_OPTS += USE_LIBCURL=true
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+OPENSWAN_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 OPENSWAN_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
 OPENSWAN_MAKE_OPTS += HAVE_OPENSSL=true