diff --git a/package/monit/Config.in b/package/monit/Config.in
index 9f80858f8a..d177fe183c 100644
--- a/package/monit/Config.in
+++ b/package/monit/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MONIT
 	bool "monit"
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  Monit is a free open source utility for managing and
 	  monitoring, processes, programs, files, directories and
diff --git a/package/monit/monit.mk b/package/monit/monit.mk
index c709f903e6..e3a4fac936 100644
--- a/package/monit/monit.mk
+++ b/package/monit/monit.mk
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ MONIT_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--without-pam \
 	--with-largefiles
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+MONIT_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
 MONIT_CONF_ENV += LIBS=`$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY) --libs openssl`
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)