diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/pre-install.d/02-gentoo-02-flags b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/pre-install.d/02-gentoo-02-flags
index 3d7dcdbd3..e38c07634 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/pre-install.d/02-gentoo-02-flags
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/gentoo/pre-install.d/02-gentoo-02-flags
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ if [[ "${GENTOO_PROFILE}" == *"musl"* ]]; then
     echo "dev-vcs/git -gpg" >> /etc/portage/package.use/musl  # gpg doesn't build on musl profiles
     echo "=sys-block/open-iscsi-2.0.874-r1 ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords/musl
     echo "=sys-block/open-isns-0.97 ~amd64" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords/musl
+    echo "sys-libs/pam cracklib" >> /etc/portage/package.use/musl
 fi