diff --git a/user/apps/busybox/Makefile b/user/apps/busybox/Makefile
index b46fed37c..2afb85f30 100644
--- a/user/apps/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/user/apps/busybox/Makefile
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ $(bin): $(busybox_dir)
 	echo "CONFIG_FEATURE_STATIC=y" >> .config && \
 	echo "CONFIG_STATIC_LIBGCC=y" >> .config && \
 	echo "CONFIG_ASH=y" >> .config && \
+	echo "CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO=\"sha512\"" >> .config && \
 	echo "CONFIG_ASH_READ_PROFILE=y" >> .config
 
 
diff --git a/user/apps/default.nix b/user/apps/default.nix
index 7a407b2fe..55c00d759 100644
--- a/user/apps/default.nix
+++ b/user/apps/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ let
   );
 in
 [
-  static.busybox
+  (static.busybox.override {
+    extraConfig = ''
+      CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO "sha512"
+    '';
+  })
   static.curl
   static.dropbear
   cross.glibc