diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 6e877a9230..69c05d3d38 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ Features:
     - elfutils (always)
     - p11-kit-trust (always)
     - kmod-libs (only when called from PID 1)
-    - cryptsetup-libs (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not in systemd-cryptsetup)
-    - similar: libblkid
+    - libblkid (only in RootImage= handling in PID 1, but not elsewhere)
     - libpam (only when called from PID 1)
     - bzip2, xz, lz4 (always — gzip and zstd should probably stay static deps the way they are,
       since they are so basic and our defaults)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 217b17423b..ab0d7da1e9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2272,8 +2272,8 @@ executable(
 if conf.get('HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP') == 1
         systemd_cryptsetup_sources = files('''
                 src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-pkcs11.h
-                src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-util.c
-                src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-util.h
+                src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-keyfile.c
+                src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-keyfile.h
                 src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
 '''.split())
 
@@ -2297,7 +2297,6 @@ if conf.get('HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP') == 1
                 'src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-generator.c',
                 include_directories : includes,
                 link_with : [libshared],
-                dependencies : [libcryptsetup],
                 install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
                 install : true,
                 install_dir : systemgeneratordir)
@@ -2317,7 +2316,6 @@ if conf.get('HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP') == 1
                 'src/veritysetup/veritysetup-generator.c',
                 include_directories : includes,
                 link_with : [libshared],
-                dependencies : [libcryptsetup],
                 install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
                 install : true,
                 install_dir : systemgeneratordir)
@@ -2672,7 +2670,6 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_REPART') == 1
                 include_directories : includes,
                 link_with : [libshared],
                 dependencies : [threads,
-                                libcryptsetup,
                                 libblkid,
                                 libfdisk,
                                 libopenssl],
@@ -2755,7 +2752,6 @@ executable('systemd-growfs',
            'src/partition/growfs.c',
            include_directories : includes,
            link_with : [libshared],
-           dependencies : [libcryptsetup],
            install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
            install : true,
            install_dir : rootlibexecdir)
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-util.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-keyfile.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-util.c
rename to src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-keyfile.c
index 8ae70a5d10..ebf4cb1b6b 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-util.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-keyfile.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 
-#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-keyfile.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "format-util.h"
 #include "memory-util.h"
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-util.h b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-keyfile.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-util.h
rename to src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-keyfile.h
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-pkcs11.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-pkcs11.c
index 642a1b7d11..bbc0122002 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-pkcs11.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-pkcs11.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "ask-password-api.h"
 #include "cryptsetup-pkcs11.h"
-#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-keyfile.h"
 #include "escape.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "format-util.h"
diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
index 8be9c9acac..f9e627da46 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
 #include "ask-password-api.h"
-#include "crypt-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-keyfile.h"
 #include "cryptsetup-pkcs11.h"
 #include "cryptsetup-util.h"
 #include "device-util.h"
diff --git a/src/home/homework-luks.h b/src/home/homework-luks.h
index 4d3e085ff0..af0ad4b504 100644
--- a/src/home/homework-luks.h
+++ b/src/home/homework-luks.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
 #pragma once
 
-#include "crypt-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
 #include "homework.h"
 #include "user-record.h"
 
diff --git a/src/partition/growfs.c b/src/partition/growfs.c
index 2728cb8ba8..c097963e0c 100644
--- a/src/partition/growfs.c
+++ b/src/partition/growfs.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <sys/vfs.h>
 
 #include "blockdev-util.h"
-#include "crypt-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
 #include "device-nodes.h"
 #include "dissect-image.h"
 #include "escape.h"
@@ -30,11 +30,15 @@ static bool arg_dry_run = false;
 #if HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP
 static int resize_crypt_luks_device(dev_t devno, const char *fstype, dev_t main_devno) {
         _cleanup_free_ char *devpath = NULL, *main_devpath = NULL;
-        _cleanup_(crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
+        _cleanup_(sym_crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
         _cleanup_close_ int main_devfd = -1;
         uint64_t size;
         int r;
 
+        r = dlopen_cryptsetup();
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "Cannot resize LUKS device: %m");
+
         r = device_path_make_major_minor(S_IFBLK, main_devno, &main_devpath);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to format device major/minor path: %m");
@@ -52,20 +56,20 @@ static int resize_crypt_luks_device(dev_t devno, const char *fstype, dev_t main_
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to format major/minor path: %m");
 
-        r = crypt_init(&cd, devpath);
+        r = sym_crypt_init(&cd, devpath);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "crypt_init(\"%s\") failed: %m", devpath);
 
         cryptsetup_enable_logging(cd);
 
-        r = crypt_load(cd, CRYPT_LUKS, NULL);
+        r = sym_crypt_load(cd, CRYPT_LUKS, NULL);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to load LUKS metadata for %s: %m", devpath);
 
         if (arg_dry_run)
                 return 0;
 
-        r = crypt_resize(cd, main_devpath, 0);
+        r = sym_crypt_resize(cd, main_devpath, 0);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "crypt_resize() of %s failed: %m", devpath);
 
diff --git a/src/partition/repart.c b/src/partition/repart.c
index 96c4e809ae..bcbf2273e8 100644
--- a/src/partition/repart.c
+++ b/src/partition/repart.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "btrfs-util.h"
 #include "conf-files.h"
 #include "conf-parser.h"
-#include "crypt-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
 #include "def.h"
 #include "efivars.h"
 #include "errno-util.h"
@@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ static int partition_encrypt(
                 char **ret_volume,
                 int *ret_fd) {
 
-        _cleanup_(crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
+        _cleanup_(sym_crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
         _cleanup_(erase_and_freep) void *volume_key = NULL;
         _cleanup_free_ char *dm_name = NULL, *vol = NULL;
         char suuid[ID128_UUID_STRING_MAX];
@@ -2381,6 +2381,10 @@ static int partition_encrypt(
         assert(p);
         assert(p->encrypt);
 
+        r = dlopen_cryptsetup();
+        if (r < 0)
+                return log_error_errno(r, "libcryptsetup not found, cannot encrypt: %m");
+
         if (asprintf(&dm_name, "luks-repart-%08" PRIx64, random_u64()) < 0)
                 return log_oom();
 
@@ -2404,13 +2408,13 @@ static int partition_encrypt(
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to generate volume key: %m");
 
-        r = crypt_init(&cd, node);
+        r = sym_crypt_init(&cd, node);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to allocate libcryptsetup context: %m");
 
         cryptsetup_enable_logging(cd);
 
-        r = crypt_format(cd,
+        r = sym_crypt_format(cd,
                          CRYPT_LUKS2,
                          "aes",
                          "xts-plain64",
@@ -2424,7 +2428,7 @@ static int partition_encrypt(
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to LUKS2 format future partition: %m");
 
-        r = crypt_keyslot_add_by_volume_key(
+        r = sym_crypt_keyslot_add_by_volume_key(
                         cd,
                         CRYPT_ANY_SLOT,
                         volume_key,
@@ -2434,7 +2438,7 @@ static int partition_encrypt(
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to add LUKS2 key: %m");
 
-        r = crypt_activate_by_volume_key(
+        r = sym_crypt_activate_by_volume_key(
                         cd,
                         dm_name,
                         volume_key,
@@ -2474,7 +2478,7 @@ static int deactivate_luks(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *node) {
         /* udev or so might access out block device in the background while we are done. Let's hence force
          * detach the volume. We sync'ed before, hence this should be safe. */
 
-        r = crypt_deactivate_by_name(cd, basename(node), CRYPT_DEACTIVATE_FORCE);
+        r = sym_crypt_deactivate_by_name(cd, basename(node), CRYPT_DEACTIVATE_FORCE);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Failed to deactivate LUKS device: %m");
 
@@ -2490,7 +2494,7 @@ static int context_copy_blocks(Context *context) {
         /* Copy in file systems on the block level */
 
         LIST_FOREACH(partitions, p, context->partitions) {
-                _cleanup_(crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
+                _cleanup_(sym_crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
                 _cleanup_(loop_device_unrefp) LoopDevice *d = NULL;
                 _cleanup_free_ char *encrypted = NULL;
                 _cleanup_close_ int encrypted_dev_fd = -1;
@@ -2553,7 +2557,7 @@ static int context_copy_blocks(Context *context) {
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return r;
 
-                        crypt_free(cd);
+                        sym_crypt_free(cd);
                         cd = NULL;
 
                         r = loop_device_sync(d);
@@ -2694,7 +2698,7 @@ static int context_mkfs(Context *context) {
         /* Make a file system */
 
         LIST_FOREACH(partitions, p, context->partitions) {
-                _cleanup_(crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
+                _cleanup_(sym_crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
                 _cleanup_(loop_device_unrefp) LoopDevice *d = NULL;
                 _cleanup_free_ char *encrypted = NULL;
                 _cleanup_close_ int encrypted_dev_fd = -1;
@@ -2781,7 +2785,7 @@ static int context_mkfs(Context *context) {
                         if (r < 0)
                                 return r;
 
-                        crypt_free(cd);
+                        sym_crypt_free(cd);
                         cd = NULL;
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/crypt-util.c b/src/shared/crypt-util.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 52bd12bb8d..0000000000
--- a/src/shared/crypt-util.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
-
-#if HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP
-#include "crypt-util.h"
-#include "log.h"
-
-static void cryptsetup_log_glue(int level, const char *msg, void *usrptr) {
-        switch (level) {
-        case CRYPT_LOG_NORMAL:
-                level = LOG_NOTICE;
-                break;
-        case CRYPT_LOG_ERROR:
-                level = LOG_ERR;
-                break;
-        case CRYPT_LOG_VERBOSE:
-                level = LOG_INFO;
-                break;
-        case CRYPT_LOG_DEBUG:
-                level = LOG_DEBUG;
-                break;
-        default:
-                log_error("Unknown libcryptsetup log level: %d", level);
-                level = LOG_ERR;
-        }
-
-        log_full(level, "%s", msg);
-}
-
-void cryptsetup_enable_logging(struct crypt_device *cd) {
-        crypt_set_log_callback(cd, cryptsetup_log_glue, NULL);
-        crypt_set_debug_level(DEBUG_LOGGING ? CRYPT_DEBUG_ALL : CRYPT_DEBUG_NONE);
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/shared/crypt-util.h b/src/shared/crypt-util.h
deleted file mode 100644
index b9f465fbc1..0000000000
--- a/src/shared/crypt-util.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
-#pragma once
-
-#if HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP
-#include <libcryptsetup.h>
-
-#include "macro.h"
-
-DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(struct crypt_device *, crypt_free);
-
-void cryptsetup_enable_logging(struct crypt_device *cd);
-#endif
diff --git a/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.c b/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d86478b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.c
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
+
+#if HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP
+#include "alloc-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
+#include "dlfcn-util.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+static void *cryptsetup_dl = NULL;
+
+int (*sym_crypt_activate_by_passphrase)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, int keyslot, const char *passphrase, size_t passphrase_size, uint32_t flags);
+#if HAVE_CRYPT_ACTIVATE_BY_SIGNED_KEY
+int (*sym_crypt_activate_by_signed_key)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, const char *signature, size_t signature_size, uint32_t flags);
+#endif
+int (*sym_crypt_activate_by_volume_key)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, uint32_t flags);
+int (*sym_crypt_deactivate_by_name)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, uint32_t flags);
+int (*sym_crypt_format)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *type, const char *cipher, const char *cipher_mode, const char *uuid, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, void *params);
+void (*sym_crypt_free)(struct crypt_device *cd);
+const char *(*sym_crypt_get_dir)(void);
+int (*sym_crypt_get_verity_info)(struct crypt_device *cd, struct crypt_params_verity *vp);
+int (*sym_crypt_init)(struct crypt_device **cd, const char *device);
+int (*sym_crypt_init_by_name)(struct crypt_device **cd, const char *name);
+int (*sym_crypt_keyslot_add_by_volume_key)(struct crypt_device *cd, int keyslot, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, const char *passphrase, size_t passphrase_size);
+int (*sym_crypt_load)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *requested_type, void *params);
+int (*sym_crypt_resize)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, uint64_t new_size);
+int (*sym_crypt_set_data_device)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *device);
+void (*sym_crypt_set_debug_level)(int level);
+void (*sym_crypt_set_log_callback)(struct crypt_device *cd, void (*log)(int level, const char *msg, void *usrptr), void *usrptr);
+int (*sym_crypt_volume_key_get)(struct crypt_device *cd, int keyslot, char *volume_key, size_t *volume_key_size, const char *passphrase, size_t passphrase_size);
+
+int dlopen_cryptsetup(void) {
+        _cleanup_(dlclosep) void *dl = NULL;
+        int r;
+
+        if (cryptsetup_dl)
+                return 0; /* Already loaded */
+
+        dl = dlopen("libcryptsetup.so.12", RTLD_LAZY);
+        if (!dl)
+                return log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP),
+                                       "libcryptsetup support is not installed: %s", dlerror());
+
+        r = dlsym_many_and_warn(
+                        dl,
+                        LOG_DEBUG,
+                        &sym_crypt_activate_by_passphrase, "crypt_activate_by_passphrase",
+#if HAVE_CRYPT_ACTIVATE_BY_SIGNED_KEY
+                        &sym_crypt_activate_by_signed_key, "crypt_activate_by_signed_key",
+#endif
+                        &sym_crypt_activate_by_volume_key, "crypt_activate_by_volume_key",
+                        &sym_crypt_deactivate_by_name, "crypt_deactivate_by_name",
+                        &sym_crypt_format, "crypt_format",
+                        &sym_crypt_free, "crypt_free",
+                        &sym_crypt_get_dir, "crypt_get_dir",
+                        &sym_crypt_get_verity_info, "crypt_get_verity_info",
+                        &sym_crypt_init, "crypt_init",
+                        &sym_crypt_init_by_name, "crypt_init_by_name",
+                        &sym_crypt_keyslot_add_by_volume_key, "crypt_keyslot_add_by_volume_key",
+                        &sym_crypt_load, "crypt_load",
+                        &sym_crypt_resize, "crypt_resize",
+                        &sym_crypt_set_data_device, "crypt_set_data_device",
+                        &sym_crypt_set_debug_level, "crypt_set_debug_level",
+                        &sym_crypt_set_log_callback, "crypt_set_log_callback",
+                        &sym_crypt_volume_key_get, "crypt_volume_key_get",
+                        NULL);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
+        /* Note that we never release the reference here, because there's no real reason to, after all this
+         * was traditionally a regular shared library dependency which lives forever too. */
+        cryptsetup_dl = TAKE_PTR(dl);
+        return 1;
+}
+
+static void cryptsetup_log_glue(int level, const char *msg, void *usrptr) {
+
+        switch (level) {
+        case CRYPT_LOG_NORMAL:
+                level = LOG_NOTICE;
+                break;
+        case CRYPT_LOG_ERROR:
+                level = LOG_ERR;
+                break;
+        case CRYPT_LOG_VERBOSE:
+                level = LOG_INFO;
+                break;
+        case CRYPT_LOG_DEBUG:
+                level = LOG_DEBUG;
+                break;
+        default:
+                log_error("Unknown libcryptsetup log level: %d", level);
+                level = LOG_ERR;
+        }
+
+        log_full(level, "%s", msg);
+}
+
+void cryptsetup_enable_logging(struct crypt_device *cd) {
+        if (!cd)
+                return;
+
+        if (dlopen_cryptsetup() < 0) /* If this fails, let's gracefully ignore the issue, this is just debug
+                                      * logging after all, and if this failed we already generated a debug
+                                      * log message that should help to track things down. */
+                return;
+
+        sym_crypt_set_log_callback(cd, cryptsetup_log_glue, NULL);
+        sym_crypt_set_debug_level(DEBUG_LOGGING ? CRYPT_DEBUG_ALL : CRYPT_DEBUG_NONE);
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.h b/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..046953b8cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/cryptsetup-util.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+ */
+#pragma once
+
+#include "macro.h"
+
+#if HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP
+#include <libcryptsetup.h>
+
+extern int (*sym_crypt_activate_by_passphrase)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, int keyslot, const char *passphrase, size_t passphrase_size, uint32_t flags);
+#if HAVE_CRYPT_ACTIVATE_BY_SIGNED_KEY
+extern int (*sym_crypt_activate_by_signed_key)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, const char *signature, size_t signature_size, uint32_t flags);
+#endif
+extern int (*sym_crypt_activate_by_volume_key)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, uint32_t flags);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_deactivate_by_name)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, uint32_t flags);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_format)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *type, const char *cipher, const char *cipher_mode, const char *uuid, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, void *params);
+extern void (*sym_crypt_free)(struct crypt_device *cd);
+extern const char *(*sym_crypt_get_dir)(void);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_get_verity_info)(struct crypt_device *cd, struct crypt_params_verity *vp);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_init)(struct crypt_device **cd, const char *device);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_init_by_name)(struct crypt_device **cd, const char *name);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_keyslot_add_by_volume_key)(struct crypt_device *cd, int keyslot, const char *volume_key, size_t volume_key_size, const char *passphrase, size_t passphrase_size);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_load)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *requested_type, void *params);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_resize)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *name, uint64_t new_size);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_set_data_device)(struct crypt_device *cd, const char *device);
+extern void (*sym_crypt_set_debug_level)(int level);
+extern void (*sym_crypt_set_log_callback)(struct crypt_device *cd, void (*log)(int level, const char *msg, void *usrptr), void *usrptr);
+extern int (*sym_crypt_volume_key_get)(struct crypt_device *cd, int keyslot, char *volume_key, size_t *volume_key_size, const char *passphrase, size_t passphrase_size);
+
+int dlopen_cryptsetup(void);
+
+DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(struct crypt_device *, crypt_free);
+DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(struct crypt_device *, sym_crypt_free);
+
+void cryptsetup_enable_logging(struct crypt_device *cd);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/shared/dissect-image.c b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
index 9bcab8445e..15c3f55de0 100644
--- a/src/shared/dissect-image.c
+++ b/src/shared/dissect-image.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #include "blkid-util.h"
 #include "blockdev-util.h"
 #include "copy.h"
-#include "crypt-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
 #include "def.h"
 #include "device-nodes.h"
 #include "device-util.h"
@@ -1225,13 +1225,13 @@ DecryptedImage* decrypted_image_unref(DecryptedImage* d) {
                 DecryptedPartition *p = d->decrypted + i;
 
                 if (p->device && p->name && !p->relinquished) {
-                        r = crypt_deactivate(p->device, p->name);
+                        r = sym_crypt_deactivate_by_name(p->device, p->name, 0);
                         if (r < 0)
                                 log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to deactivate encrypted partition %s", p->name);
                 }
 
                 if (p->device)
-                        crypt_free(p->device);
+                        sym_crypt_free(p->device);
                 free(p->name);
         }
 
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ static int make_dm_name_and_node(const void *original_node, const char *suffix,
         if (!filename_is_valid(name))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        node = path_join(crypt_get_dir(), name);
+        node = path_join(sym_crypt_get_dir(), name);
         if (!node)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@ static int decrypt_partition(
                 DecryptedImage *d) {
 
         _cleanup_free_ char *node = NULL, *name = NULL;
-        _cleanup_(crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
+        _cleanup_(sym_crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
         int r;
 
         assert(m);
@@ -1297,6 +1297,10 @@ static int decrypt_partition(
         if (!passphrase)
                 return -ENOKEY;
 
+        r = dlopen_cryptsetup();
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         r = make_dm_name_and_node(m->node, "-decrypted", &name, &node);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
@@ -1304,19 +1308,19 @@ static int decrypt_partition(
         if (!GREEDY_REALLOC0(d->decrypted, d->n_allocated, d->n_decrypted + 1))
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        r = crypt_init(&cd, m->node);
+        r = sym_crypt_init(&cd, m->node);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to initialize dm-crypt: %m");
 
         cryptsetup_enable_logging(cd);
 
-        r = crypt_load(cd, CRYPT_LUKS, NULL);
+        r = sym_crypt_load(cd, CRYPT_LUKS, NULL);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to load LUKS metadata: %m");
 
-        r = crypt_activate_by_passphrase(cd, name, CRYPT_ANY_SLOT, passphrase, strlen(passphrase),
-                                         ((flags & DISSECT_IMAGE_READ_ONLY) ? CRYPT_ACTIVATE_READONLY : 0) |
-                                         ((flags & DISSECT_IMAGE_DISCARD_ON_CRYPTO) ? CRYPT_ACTIVATE_ALLOW_DISCARDS : 0));
+        r = sym_crypt_activate_by_passphrase(cd, name, CRYPT_ANY_SLOT, passphrase, strlen(passphrase),
+                                             ((flags & DISSECT_IMAGE_READ_ONLY) ? CRYPT_ACTIVATE_READONLY : 0) |
+                                             ((flags & DISSECT_IMAGE_DISCARD_ON_CRYPTO) ? CRYPT_ACTIVATE_ALLOW_DISCARDS : 0));
         if (r < 0) {
                 log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to activate LUKS device: %m");
                 return r == -EPERM ? -EKEYREJECTED : r;
@@ -1334,23 +1338,26 @@ static int decrypt_partition(
 static int verity_can_reuse(const void *root_hash, size_t root_hash_size, bool has_sig, const char *name, struct crypt_device **ret_cd) {
         /* If the same volume was already open, check that the root hashes match, and reuse it if they do */
         _cleanup_free_ char *root_hash_existing = NULL;
-        _cleanup_(crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
+        _cleanup_(sym_crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
         struct crypt_params_verity crypt_params = {};
         size_t root_hash_existing_size = root_hash_size;
         int r;
 
         assert(ret_cd);
 
-        r = crypt_init_by_name(&cd, name);
+        r = sym_crypt_init_by_name(&cd, name);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Error opening verity device, crypt_init_by_name failed: %m");
-        r = crypt_get_verity_info(cd, &crypt_params);
+
+        r = sym_crypt_get_verity_info(cd, &crypt_params);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Error opening verity device, crypt_get_verity_info failed: %m");
+
         root_hash_existing = malloc0(root_hash_size);
         if (!root_hash_existing)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        r = crypt_volume_key_get(cd, CRYPT_ANY_SLOT, root_hash_existing, &root_hash_existing_size, NULL, 0);
+
+        r = sym_crypt_volume_key_get(cd, CRYPT_ANY_SLOT, root_hash_existing, &root_hash_existing_size, NULL, 0);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_debug_errno(r, "Error opening verity device, crypt_volume_key_get failed: %m");
         if (root_hash_size != root_hash_existing_size || memcmp(root_hash_existing, root_hash, root_hash_size) != 0)
@@ -1370,7 +1377,8 @@ static int verity_can_reuse(const void *root_hash, size_t root_hash_size, bool h
 static inline void dm_deferred_remove_clean(char *name) {
         if (!name)
                 return;
-        (void) crypt_deactivate_by_name(NULL, name, CRYPT_DEACTIVATE_DEFERRED);
+
+        (void) sym_crypt_deactivate_by_name(NULL, name, CRYPT_DEACTIVATE_DEFERRED);
         free(name);
 }
 DEFINE_TRIVIAL_CLEANUP_FUNC(char *, dm_deferred_remove_clean);
@@ -1388,7 +1396,7 @@ static int verity_partition(
                 DecryptedImage *d) {
 
         _cleanup_free_ char *node = NULL, *name = NULL, *hash_sig_from_file = NULL;
-        _cleanup_(crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
+        _cleanup_(sym_crypt_freep) struct crypt_device *cd = NULL;
         _cleanup_(dm_deferred_remove_cleanp) char *restore_deferred_remove = NULL;
         int r;
 
@@ -1408,11 +1416,17 @@ static int verity_partition(
                         return 0;
         }
 
+        r = dlopen_cryptsetup();
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+
         if (FLAGS_SET(flags, DISSECT_IMAGE_VERITY_SHARE)) {
                 /* Use the roothash, which is unique per volume, as the device node name, so that it can be reused */
                 _cleanup_free_ char *root_hash_encoded = NULL;
+
                 root_hash_encoded = hexmem(root_hash, root_hash_size);
                 if (!root_hash_encoded)
+
                         return -ENOMEM;
                 r = make_dm_name_and_node(root_hash_encoded, "-verity", &name, &node);
         } else
@@ -1426,17 +1440,17 @@ static int verity_partition(
                         return r;
         }
 
-        r = crypt_init(&cd, verity_data ?: v->node);
+        r = sym_crypt_init(&cd, verity_data ?: v->node);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
         cryptsetup_enable_logging(cd);
 
-        r = crypt_load(cd, CRYPT_VERITY, NULL);
+        r = sym_crypt_load(cd, CRYPT_VERITY, NULL);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        r = crypt_set_data_device(cd, m->node);
+        r = sym_crypt_set_data_device(cd, m->node);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
@@ -1449,12 +1463,12 @@ static int verity_partition(
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < N_DEVICE_NODE_LIST_ATTEMPTS; i++) {
                 if (root_hash_sig || hash_sig_from_file) {
 #if HAVE_CRYPT_ACTIVATE_BY_SIGNED_KEY
-                        r = crypt_activate_by_signed_key(cd, name, root_hash, root_hash_size, root_hash_sig ?: hash_sig_from_file, root_hash_sig_size, CRYPT_ACTIVATE_READONLY);
+                        r = sym_crypt_activate_by_signed_key(cd, name, root_hash, root_hash_size, root_hash_sig ?: hash_sig_from_file, root_hash_sig_size, CRYPT_ACTIVATE_READONLY);
 #else
                         r = log_debug_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EOPNOTSUPP), "activation of verity device with signature requested, but not supported by cryptsetup due to missing crypt_activate_by_signed_key()");
 #endif
                 } else
-                        r = crypt_activate_by_volume_key(cd, name, root_hash, root_hash_size, CRYPT_ACTIVATE_READONLY);
+                        r = sym_crypt_activate_by_volume_key(cd, name, root_hash, root_hash_size, CRYPT_ACTIVATE_READONLY);
                 /* libdevmapper can return EINVAL when the device is already in the activation stage.
                  * There's no way to distinguish this situation from a genuine error due to invalid
                  * parameters, so immediately fall back to activating the device with a unique name.
@@ -1500,7 +1514,7 @@ static int verity_partition(
                                         return r;
 
                                 if (cd)
-                                        crypt_free(cd);
+                                        sym_crypt_free(cd);
                                 cd = existing_cd;
                         }
                 }
@@ -1664,7 +1678,7 @@ int decrypted_image_relinquish(DecryptedImage *d) {
                 if (p->relinquished)
                         continue;
 
-                r = crypt_deactivate_by_name(NULL, p->name, CRYPT_DEACTIVATE_DEFERRED);
+                r = sym_crypt_deactivate_by_name(NULL, p->name, CRYPT_DEACTIVATE_DEFERRED);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to mark %s for auto-removal: %m", p->name);
 
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 572ac1de64..723e00e437 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ shared_sources = files('''
         coredump-util.h
         cpu-set-util.c
         cpu-set-util.h
-        crypt-util.c
-        crypt-util.h
+        cryptsetup-util.c
+        cryptsetup-util.h
         daemon-util.h
         dev-setup.c
         dev-setup.h
@@ -354,7 +354,6 @@ libshared_deps = [threads,
                   libblkid,
                   libcap,
                   libcrypt,
-                  libcryptsetup,
                   libgcrypt,
                   libidn,
                   libiptc,
diff --git a/src/veritysetup/veritysetup.c b/src/veritysetup/veritysetup.c
index 753777b6ad..8294951759 100644
--- a/src/veritysetup/veritysetup.c
+++ b/src/veritysetup/veritysetup.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include "alloc-util.h"
-#include "crypt-util.h"
+#include "cryptsetup-util.h"
 #include "fileio.h"
 #include "hexdecoct.h"
 #include "log.h"