diff --git a/package/screen/Config.in b/package/screen/Config.in
index ee4c04ca9e..40cda77b50 100644
--- a/package/screen/Config.in
+++ b/package/screen/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SCREEN
 	bool "screen"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	help
 	  Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a
diff --git a/package/screen/screen.mk b/package/screen/screen.mk
index d4052b1191..55fecb89bc 100644
--- a/package/screen/screen.mk
+++ b/package/screen/screen.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ SCREEN_CONF_ENV = CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)"
 SCREEN_CONF_OPTS = --enable-colors256
 SCREEN_INSTALL_TARGET_OPTS = DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) SCREEN=screen install_bin
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+SCREEN_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),y)
 SCREEN_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam
 SCREEN_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pam