diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix
index e2da1a30ff14..745b1a180008 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libguestfs/default.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 , pkg-config
 , autoreconfHook
 , makeWrapper
+, libxcrypt
 , ncurses
 , cpio
 , gperf
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   ] ++ (with perlPackages; [ perl libintl-perl GetoptLong ModuleBuild ])
   ++ (with ocamlPackages; [ ocaml findlib ]);
   buildInputs = [
+    libxcrypt
     ncurses
     jansson
     pcre2