diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 01ae5ce..0e9588f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists 'libxcrypt >= 4.1' || echo NO),)
 DEFS += -DHAVE_LINUX_CRYPT_GENSALT $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags libcrypt)
 mkpasswd_LDADD += $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs libcrypt)
 else ifdef HAVE_XCRYPT
+DEFS += -DHAVE_XCRYPT_H -DHAVE_LINUX_CRYPT_GENSALT
 mkpasswd_LDADD += -lxcrypt
-DEFS += -DHAVE_XCRYPT -DHAVE_LINUX_CRYPT_GENSALT
 ifdef HAVE_LINUX_CRYPT_GENSALT
 # owl and openSUSE have crypt_gensalt(3) in the libc's libcrypt
 DEFS += -DHAVE_LINUX_CRYPT_GENSALT
diff --git a/mkpasswd.c b/mkpasswd.c
index 0a888c7..e2c2cbc 100644
--- a/mkpasswd.c
+++ b/mkpasswd.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <strings.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_XCRYPT
+#ifdef HAVE_XCRYPT_H
 #include <xcrypt.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif