diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc b/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
index 9fec09e919..947a491679 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear.inc
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ PAM_SRC_URI = "file://0005-dropbear-enable-pam.patch \
                file://0006-dropbear-configuration-file.patch \
                file://dropbear"
 
+PAM_PLUGINS = "libpam-runtime \
+	pam-plugin-deny \
+	pam-plugin-permit \
+	pam-plugin-unix \
+	"
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', '${PAM_PLUGINS}', '', d)}"
+
 inherit autotools update-rc.d systemd
 
 INITSCRIPT_NAME = "dropbear"