diff --git a/srcpkgs/glibc/template b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
index cf7cd073a95..3272a1df265 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/glibc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/glibc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'glibc'
 pkgname=glibc
 version=2.38
-revision=2
+revision=3
 bootstrap=yes
 short_desc="GNU C library"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ conf_files="
 	/etc/ld.so.conf"
 if [ "$CHROOT_READY" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends="bison gettext perl python3 texinfo"
+	# XXX: remove this on the next update
+	# ensures partial upgrades don't break things like PAM
+	depends="libxcrypt-compat"
 fi
 makedepends="kernel-libc-headers"
 lib32files="/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules"