diff --git a/package/sconeserver/Config.in b/package/sconeserver/Config.in
index cce21fc860..d1a8a031be 100644
--- a/package/sconeserver/Config.in
+++ b/package/sconeserver/Config.in
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ menuconfig BR2_PACKAGE_SCONESERVER
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
diff --git a/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk b/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
index 10a0a22597..bb0da12d4c 100644
--- a/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
+++ b/package/sconeserver/sconeserver.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SCONESERVER_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 SCONESERVER_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 SCONESERVER_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),libxcrypt) \
 	pcre \
 	zlib
 # disable image as it fails to build with ImageMagick