diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/man-pages/man-pages_5.13.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/man-pages/man-pages_5.13.bb
index c0198b77be..f8602c699e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/man-pages/man-pages_5.13.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/man-pages/man-pages_5.13.bb
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ FILES:${PN} = "${mandir}/*"
 inherit update-alternatives
 
 ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "100"
-ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "passwd.5 getspnam.3 crypt.3"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[passwd.5] = "${mandir}/man5/passwd.5"
-ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[getspnam.3] = "${mandir}/man3/getspnam.3"
+ALTERNATIVE:${PN} = "crypt.3 crypt_r.3 getspnam.3 passwd.5"
 ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[crypt.3] = "${mandir}/man3/crypt.3"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[crypt_r.3] = "${mandir}/man3/crypt_r.3"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[getspnam.3] = "${mandir}/man3/getspnam.3"
+ALTERNATIVE_LINK_NAME[passwd.5] = "${mandir}/man5/passwd.5"