diff --git a/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/radiusclient-ng/radiusclient-ng_0.5.6.bb b/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/radiusclient-ng/radiusclient-ng_0.5.6.bb
index 95faa65b1e..780423f0f0 100644
--- a/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/radiusclient-ng/radiusclient-ng_0.5.6.bb
+++ b/meta-networking/recipes-protocols/radiusclient-ng/radiusclient-ng_0.5.6.bb
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYRIGHT;md5=3e47566c9271b786693d8a08792dbf41"
 
 inherit autotools-brokensep
 
+DEPENDS += "virtual/crypt"
+
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--disable-static"
 
 do_configure_prepend () {