diff --git a/helpers/DATA/mate-user-admin/patch_changes/000-add-cracklib-runtime-as-dependency.patch b/helpers/DATA/mate-user-admin/patch_changes/000-add-cracklib-runtime-as-dependency.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8b2a83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/DATA/mate-user-admin/patch_changes/000-add-cracklib-runtime-as-dependency.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Fixes https://gitlab.trisquel.org/trisquel/package-helpers/-/issues/216
+
+diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
+index 3297b1c..37ff49a 100644
+--- a/debian/control
++++ b/debian/control
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Depends: ${shlibs:Depends},
+          accountsservice,
+          group-service,
+          mate-desktop-common,
++         cracklib-runtime,
+ Description: MATE User Manager
+  User and group management utility suitable for lightweight desktop
+  environments such as MATE or Xfce.
diff --git a/helpers/make-mate-user-admin b/helpers/make-mate-user-admin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64b5847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/make-mate-user-admin
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2025 Luis Guzmán <ark@switnet.org>
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+#    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+#
+
+VERSION=1
+
+. ./config
+
+# Add cracklib-runtime dependency to debian/control
+apply_patch_changes
+
+changelog "Added cracklib-runtime dependency."
+
+package