diff --git a/chatmaild/pyproject.toml b/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
index 079b4bc3..3c3302c4 100644
--- a/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
+++ b/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "deltachat-rpc-client",
   "filelock",
   "requests",
-  "crypt-r",
+  "crypt-r >= 3.13.1 ; python_version >= '3.11'",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools]
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py
index 7aed3b52..e6292a36 100644
--- a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/doveauth.py
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import logging
 import os
 import sys
 
-import crypt_r
+try:
+    import crypt_r
+except ImportError:
+    import crypt as crypt_r
 
 from .config import Config, read_config
 from .dictproxy import DictProxy