diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8af45560..1ee10751 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ rc_bindir = rc_libexecdir / 'bin'
 rc_sbindir = rc_libexecdir / 'sbin'
 sbindir = rootprefix / get_option('sbindir')
 
+crypt_dep = dependency('libcrypt', required : not get_option('pam'))
+
 selinux_dep = dependency('libselinux', required : get_option('selinux'))
 pam_misc_dep = []
 if selinux_dep.found()
diff --git a/src/rc/meson.build b/src/rc/meson.build
index d7b170e6..e0603fd0 100644
--- a/src/rc/meson.build
+++ b/src/rc/meson.build
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ executable('openrc-run',
   rc_selinux_c, version_h],
   c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
-  dependencies: [audit_dep, dl_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, selinux_dep, util_dep],
+  dependencies: [audit_dep, dl_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, selinux_dep, util_dep, crypt_dep],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
   install: true,
   install_dir: sbindir)
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ executable('runscript',
     rc_selinux_c, version_h],
   c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
-  dependencies: [audit_dep, dl_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, util_dep, selinux_dep],
+  dependencies: [audit_dep, dl_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, util_dep, selinux_dep, crypt_dep],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
   install: true,
   install_dir: sbindir)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ executable('start-stop-daemon',
 	rc_selinux_c, usage_c, version_h],
   c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
-  dependencies: [audit_dep, dl_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, util_dep, selinux_dep],
+  dependencies: [audit_dep, dl_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, util_dep, selinux_dep, crypt_dep],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
   install: true,
   install_dir: sbindir)
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ executable('checkpath',
   c_args : [cc_audit_flags, cc_branding_flags, cc_pam_flags, cc_selinux_flags],
   include_directories: [incdir, einfo_incdir, rc_incdir],
   link_with: [libeinfo, librc],
-  dependencies: [audit_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, selinux_dep],
+  dependencies: [audit_dep, pam_dep, pam_misc_dep, selinux_dep, crypt_dep],
   install: true,
   install_dir: rc_bindir)