diff --git a/package/openrc/Config.in b/package/openrc/Config.in
index adc61d2546..42d7347b0e 100644
--- a/package/openrc/Config.in
+++ b/package/openrc/Config.in
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENRC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS # kmod tools
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_KMOD_TOOLS # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	help
 	  Init that works on top of pid 1 (for example
diff --git a/package/openrc/openrc.mk b/package/openrc/openrc.mk
index f8e51f6720..69f5b3a121 100644
--- a/package/openrc/openrc.mk
+++ b/package/openrc/openrc.mk
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ else
 OPENRC_CONF_OPTS += -Dselinux=disabled
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+OPENRC_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_PAM),y)
 OPENRC_CONF_OPTS += -Dpam=true
 OPENRC_DEPENDENCIES += linux-pam