diff --git a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
index dd981756e2..a312a69c93 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glibc/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="glibc"
-PKG_VERSION="2.37"
-PKG_SHA256="2257eff111a1815d74f46856daaf40b019c1e553156c69d48ba0cbfc1bb91a43"
+PKG_VERSION="2.38"
+PKG_SHA256="fb82998998b2b29965467bc1b69d152e9c307d2cf301c9eafb4555b770ef3fd2"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/"
 PKG_URL="https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/glibc/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz"
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="BASH_SHELL=/bin/sh \
                            --disable-sanity-checks \
                            --enable-add-ons \
                            --enable-bind-now \
+                           --enable-crypt \
                            --with-elf \
                            --with-tls \
                            --with-__thread \