diff --git a/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk b/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
index c1117ef65c..6ab6419824 100644
--- a/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
+++ b/package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.mk
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # at revision 5a0f08500fa51608b6d3b73ee338be38c692eadb
 HOST_MKPASSWD_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 
+HOST_MKPASSWD_DEPENDENCIES = host-libxcrypt
+
 define HOST_MKPASSWD_EXTRACT_CMDS
 	cp $(HOST_MKPASSWD_PKGDIR)/*.c $(HOST_MKPASSWD_PKGDIR)/*.h $(@D)
 endef