diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcli/default.nix
index 8aa06bfb19bc..da076a590e19 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcli/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcli/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl }:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchurl, libxcrypt }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "libcli";
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       })
     ];
 
+  buildInputs = [ libxcrypt ];
+
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   makeFlags = [ "CC=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}cc" "AR=${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}ar" "PREFIX=$(out)" ];