diff --git a/package/pure-ftpd/Config.in b/package/pure-ftpd/Config.in
index c060102650..edfe0159e3 100644
--- a/package/pure-ftpd/Config.in
+++ b/package/pure-ftpd/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PURE_FTPD
 	bool "pure-ftpd"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	help
 	  Pure-FTPd is a free (BSD), secure, production-quality and
 	  standard- conformant FTP server. It doesn't provide useless
diff --git a/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk b/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
index b918c70930..2c01bc8804 100644
--- a/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
+++ b/package/pure-ftpd/pure-ftpd.mk
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSODIUM),y)
 PURE_FTPD_DEPENDENCIES += libsodium
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+PURE_FTPD_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MARIADB),y)
 PURE_FTPD_CONF_OPTS += --with-mysql=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr
 PURE_FTPD_DEPENDENCIES += mariadb