diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 5b8084d5d5..60cda7178a 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -754,7 +754,6 @@ menu "Crypto"
 	source "package/nettle/Config.in"
 	source "package/openssl/Config.in"
 	source "package/polarssl/Config.in"
-	source "package/scrypt/Config.in"
 endmenu
 
 menu "Database"
@@ -1468,6 +1467,7 @@ endif
 if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 	source "package/rsyslog/Config.in"
 endif
+	source "package/scrypt/Config.in"
 	source "package/smack/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 	source "package/start-stop-daemon/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/scrypt/Config.in b/package/scrypt/Config.in
index 8be7f5410f..e6d1ac1a65 100644
--- a/package/scrypt/Config.in
+++ b/package/scrypt/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SCRYPT
 	bool "scrypt"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL
 	help
-	  A password-based key derivation function specifically designed
-	  to make it costly to perform large-scale custom hardware attacks
-	  by requiring large amounts of memory.
+	  A password-based key derivation function specifically
+	  designed to make it costly to perform large-scale custom
+	  hardware attacks by requiring large amounts of memory.
 
 	  http://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html
diff --git a/package/scrypt/scrypt.hash b/package/scrypt/scrypt.hash
index e6b690e240..6694456763 100644
--- a/package/scrypt/scrypt.hash
+++ b/package/scrypt/scrypt.hash
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-sha256 dfd0d1a544439265bbb9b58043ad3c8ce50a3987b44a61b1d39fd7a3ed5b7fb8  scrypt-1.1.6.tgz
+# From http://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt/scrypt-sigs-1.2.0.asc
+sha256 1754bc89405277c8ac14220377a4c240ddc34b1ce70882aa92cd01bfdc8569d4  scrypt-1.2.0.tgz
diff --git a/package/scrypt/scrypt.mk b/package/scrypt/scrypt.mk
index 2db6e2e891..7ffa7ccf3f 100644
--- a/package/scrypt/scrypt.mk
+++ b/package/scrypt/scrypt.mk
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-SCRYPT_VERSION = 1.1.6
+SCRYPT_VERSION = 1.2.0
 SCRYPT_SOURCE = scrypt-$(SCRYPT_VERSION).tgz
 SCRYPT_SITE = http://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt
-SCRYPT_LICENSE = BSD2
+SCRYPT_LICENSE = BSD-2c
+SCRYPT_LICENSE_FILES = main.c
+SCRYPT_DEPENDENCIES = openssl
 SCRYPT_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))