diff --git a/package/openvmtools/Config.in b/package/openvmtools/Config.in
index b62e5d0361..e6a2cd4a54 100644
--- a/package/openvmtools/Config.in
+++ b/package/openvmtools/Config.in
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENVMTOOLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDNET
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  Open Virtual Machine Tools for VMware guest OS
 
diff --git a/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk b/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
index 3106b9ecd6..a4ff1fd71a 100644
--- a/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
+++ b/package/openvmtools/openvmtools.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC),y)
 OPENVMTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += libtirpc
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+OPENVMTOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 # When libfuse is available, openvmtools can build vmblock-fuse, so
 # make sure that libfuse gets built first
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFUSE),y)