diff --git a/package/android-tools/Config.in b/package/android-tools/Config.in
index bc76d545c1..a688182ed9 100644
--- a/package/android-tools/Config.in
+++ b/package/android-tools/Config.in
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_ADB
 config BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_ADBD
 	bool "adbd"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # uses fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
diff --git a/package/android-tools/android-tools.mk b/package/android-tools/android-tools.mk
index 3d5c76a322..20e26839f9 100644
--- a/package/android-tools/android-tools.mk
+++ b/package/android-tools/android-tools.mk
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ANDROID_TOOLS_ADBD),y)
 ANDROID_TOOLS_TARGETS += adbd
-ANDROID_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += zlib openssl
+ANDROID_TOOLS_DEPENDENCIES += \
+	openssl \
+	zlib \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),libxcrypt)
 endif
 
 # Build each tool in its own directory not to share object files