diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
index 457b571be922..5ae80c745bdc 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/misc/root/default.nix
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 , libXext
 , libGLU
 , libGL
+, libxcrypt
 , libxml2
 , llvm_9
 , lz4
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     zlib
     zstd
     lapack
+    libxcrypt
     libxml2
     _llvm_9
     lz4