diff --git a/sys-libs/pam/pam-1.3.1-r1.ebuild b/sys-libs/pam/pam-1.3.1-r1.ebuild
index 9a130da7496bd..f79b0b171ba5c 100644
--- a/sys-libs/pam/pam-1.3.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/pam/pam-1.3.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BDEPEND="app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.1.2
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"
 
 DEPEND="
-	virtual/libcrypt:=
+	virtual/libcrypt:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	audit? ( >=sys-process/audit-2.2.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	berkdb? ( >=sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	cracklib? ( >=sys-libs/cracklib-2.9.1-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
diff --git a/sys-libs/pam/pam-1.3.1_p20200128.ebuild b/sys-libs/pam/pam-1.3.1_p20200128.ebuild
index 5cb6d859ed755..b72c113607633 100644
--- a/sys-libs/pam/pam-1.3.1_p20200128.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/pam/pam-1.3.1_p20200128.ebuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ BDEPEND="app-text/docbook-xml-dtd:4.1.2
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )"
 
 DEPEND="
-	virtual/libcrypt:=
+	virtual/libcrypt:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 	audit? ( >=sys-process/audit-2.2.2[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	berkdb? ( >=sys-libs/db-4.8.30-r1:=[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	cracklib? ( >=sys-libs/cracklib-2.9.1-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )