diff --git a/programming/language/ruby/ruby/pspec.xml b/programming/language/ruby/ruby/pspec.xml
index 90f5333eb1..33050dd6f5 100644
--- a/programming/language/ruby/ruby/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/language/ruby/ruby/pspec.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             <Dependency>libffi-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>openssl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libyaml-devel</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libxcrypt-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
         <Patches>
 <!--             <Patch level="1">e8481cd687840f6d8247ca70967c1de47093ecb8.patch</Patch> -->
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@
             <Dependency>openssl</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libyaml</Dependency>
             <Dependency>readline</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libxcrypt</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <!-- ruby binaries -->