diff --git a/package/leafnode2/Config.in b/package/leafnode2/Config.in
index 3700b6fb80..df9b246946 100644
--- a/package/leafnode2/Config.in
+++ b/package/leafnode2/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LEAFNODE2
 	bool "leafnode2"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT if BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
 	help
 	  Leafnode-2 is a store-and-forward NNTP (or Usenet) proxy
diff --git a/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk b/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
index 3ed2e20266..cba6b1f72a 100644
--- a/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
+++ b/package/leafnode2/leafnode2.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ LEAFNODE2_AUTORECONF = YES
 LEAFNODE2_CONF_ENV = \
 	PCRECONFIG="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/pcre-config"
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXCRYPT),y)
+LEAFNODE2_DEPENDENCIES += libxcrypt
+endif
+
 # --enable-runas-user use 'news' as default but the configure stop
 # if news doesn't exist on the build host.
 # Use 'root' while cross-compiling