diff --git a/dev-python/cx_Freeze/cx_Freeze-6.6.ebuild b/dev-python/cx_Freeze/cx_Freeze-6.6.ebuild
index bc5007f341975..31d8f78ef9055 100644
--- a/dev-python/cx_Freeze/cx_Freeze-6.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cx_Freeze/cx_Freeze-6.6.ebuild
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-python/importlib_metadata[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-util/patchelf
+	virtual/libcrypt:=
 "
 
 PATCHES=(