diff --git a/projects/github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/fixture.c b/projects/github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/fixture.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8208840
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/fixture.c
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+#include <crypt.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+int main() {
+  char *hash = crypt("abc", "$2b$05$abcdefghijklmnopqrstuu");
+  if (errno) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Received error: %s", strerror(errno));
+    return errno;
+  }
+  if (hash == NULL) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Hash is NULL");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  if (strcmp(hash, "$2b$05$abcdefghijklmnopqrstuuRWUgMyyCUnsDr8evYotXg5ZXVF/HhzS")) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Unexpected hash output");
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/projects/github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/package.yml b/projects/github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/package.yml
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+++ b/projects/github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/package.yml
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+distributable:
+  url: https://github.com/besser82/libxcrypt/releases/download/v{{version}}/libxcrypt-{{version}}.tar.xz
+  strip-components: 1
+
+versions:
+  github: besser82/libxcrypt/releases/tags
+
+build:
+  dependencies:
+    tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
+    tea.xyz/gx/make: '*'
+    freedesktop.org/pkg-config: ~0.29
+    perl.org: '*'
+  script: |
+    ./configure $ARGS
+    make --jobs {{ hw.concurrency }} install
+  env:
+    ARGS:
+      - --prefix="{{prefix}}"
+      - --disable-valgrind
+      - --disable-failure-tokens
+
+test:
+  dependencies:
+    tea.xyz/gx/cc: c99
+  script: |
+    cc fixture.c -lcrypt -L{{prefix}}/lib
+    ./a.out
+  # ^^ we nee to add the -L because system lib paths come first on Linux
+  # and most linuxes have a (arcaic) libcrypt.so in /lib