diff --git a/gnu/packages/admin.scm b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
index c03e75654aa..6cb37418e97 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/admin.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/admin.scm
@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ re-executing them as necessary.")
     (inputs
      (list coreutils
            shadow                     ;for login (used in telnetd and rlogind)
+           libxcrypt
            ncurses
            readline))                   ;for 'ftp'
     (native-inputs