diff --git a/package/samba4/Config.in b/package/samba4/Config.in
index 36ec656168..6aff82bb3d 100644
--- a/package/samba4/Config.in
+++ b/package/samba4/Config.in
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_SAMBA4
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBTIRPC if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_NATIVE_RPC
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_POPT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
diff --git a/package/samba4/samba4.mk b/package/samba4/samba4.mk
index ac3141f3d9..828de56fc8 100644
--- a/package/samba4/samba4.mk
+++ b/package/samba4/samba4.mk
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SAMBA4_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCAP),libcap) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2),libglib2) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),readline) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),libxcrypt) \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_DEPENDENCIES)
 SAMBA4_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 SAMBA4_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)