diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index a926f5d..5c91944 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -618,6 +618,53 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/zlib" ]; then
     touch "$STEPS_DIR/zlib"
 fi
 
+# build libxcrypt
+if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/libxcrypt" ]; then
+    if [ ! -d "$LFS_BUILD/libxcrypt" ]; then
+        tar -xf "$BASE_DIR/sources/libxcrypt-4.4.36.tar.xz"
+        mv "libxcrypt-4.4.36" "$LFS_BUILD/libxcrypt"
+    fi
+    cd "$LFS_BUILD/libxcrypt"
+
+    mkdir -vp build-$LFS_TGT
+    cd        build-$LFS_TGT
+
+    "../configure"                       \
+        --prefix=/usr                    \
+        --disable-static                 \
+        --enable-hashes=strong,glibc     \
+        --with-sysroot=${LFS}            \
+        --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
+        --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+        --enable-obsolete-api=no         \
+        --disable-failure-tokens         \
+        --cache-file=config.cache
+
+    make -j 32
+    make -j 32 DESTDIR=$LFS install
+
+    #cd ..
+    #mkdir -vp build-compat-$LFS_TGT
+    #cd        build-compat-$LFS_TGT
+
+    #"../configure"                       \
+    #    --prefix=/usr                    \
+    #    --disable-static                 \
+    #    --enable-hashes=strong,glibc     \
+    #    --with-sysroot=${LFS}            \
+    #    --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
+    #    --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
+    #    --enable-obsolete-api=glibc      \
+    #    --disable-failure-tokens         \
+    #    --cache-file=config.cache
+
+    # DO NOT MAKE: check archlinux package!
+
+    cd "$BASE_DIR"
+    rm -rf "$LFS_BUILD/libxcrypt"
+    touch "$STEPS_DIR/libxcrypt"
+fi
+
 # build ncurses
 # TODO: fix symlink!!!
 if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/ncurses" ]; then
@@ -641,6 +688,7 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/ncurses" ]; then
         --sbindir=/usr/bin               \
         --disable-stripping              \
         --with-shared                    \
+        --without-normal                 \
         --host=${LFS_TGT}                \
         --build=${BUILD_MACHINE_TRIPLET} \
         --without-debug                  \
@@ -651,7 +699,8 @@ if [ ! -f "$STEPS_DIR/ncurses" ]; then
         --disable-root-access            \
         --without-ada                    \
         --enable-overwrite               \
-        --with-build-cc=gcc
+        --with-build-cc=gcc              \
+        --with-pkg-config-libdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig
         
 
     make -j 32