yaws built with crypto fails to start - cryptography

Question

I need to use hashed passwords for authentication in Yaws.
I've rebuilt it from source (https://github.com/klacke/yaws), with this sequence of commands:
./configure --enable-crypto --prefix=/some/local/path
make install
When I run yaws (/some/local/path/bin/yaws -i -erlarg "-boot start_sasl"), I get this error:
{"init terminating in do_boot",{{badmatch,{'EXIT',{badarg,[{erlang,list_to_existing_atom,["crypto"],[]},{yaws,'-start_app_deps/0-fun-0-',2,[{file,"yaws.erl"},{line,264}]},{lists,foldl,3,[{file,"lists.erl"},{line,1263}]},{yaws,start_app_deps,0,[{file,"yaws.erl"},{line,263}]},{yaws,start,0,[{file,"yaws.erl"},{line,209}]},{init,start_em,1,[]},{init,do_boot,3,[]}]}}},[{yaws,start,0,[{file,"yaws.erl"},{line,209}]},{init,start_em,1,[]},{init,do_boot,3,[]}]}}
The crypto library is present:
checking for Erlang/OTP 'crypto' library subdirectory... /usr/local/Cellar/erlang/19.2/lib/erlang/lib/crypto-3.7.2
checking for Erlang/OTP 'crypto' library version... 3.7.2
What is this problem caused by? Do I need to pass some specific options to run the newly built Yaws server?
When I run make test, all tests pass.
EDIT
Starting yaws with bin/yaws -i -erlarg "-init_debug" yields this output:
{progress,preloaded}
{progress,kernel_load_completed}
{progress,modules_loaded}
{start,heart}
{start,error_logger}
{start,application_controller}
{progress,init_kernel_started}
{apply,{application,load,[{application,stdlib,[{description,"ERTS CXC 138 10"},{vsn,"3.2"},{id,[]},{modules,[array,base64,beam_lib,binary,c,calendar,dets,dets_server,dets_sup,dets_utils,dets_v8,dets_v9,dict,digraph,digraph_utils,edlin,edlin_expand,epp,eval_bits,erl_anno,erl_bits,erl_compile,erl_eval,erl_expand_records,erl_internal,erl_lint,erl_parse,erl_posix_msg,erl_pp,erl_scan,erl_tar,error_logger_file_h,error_logger_tty_h,escript,ets,file_sorter,filelib,filename,gb_trees,gb_sets,gen,gen_event,gen_fsm,gen_server,gen_statem,io,io_lib,io_lib_format,io_lib_fread,io_lib_pretty,lib,lists,log_mf_h,maps,math,ms_transform,orddict,ordsets,otp_internal,pool,proc_lib,proplists,qlc,qlc_pt,queue,rand,random,re,sets,shell,shell_default,slave,sofs,string,supervisor,supervisor_bridge,sys,timer,unicode,win32reg,zip]},{registered,[timer_server,rsh_starter,take_over_monitor,pool_master,dets]},{applications,[kernel]},{included_applications,[]},{env,[]},{maxT,infinity},{maxP,infinity}]}]}}
{progress,applications_loaded}
{apply,{application,start_boot,[kernel,permanent]}}
Erlang/OTP 19 [erts-8.2] [source] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:10] [hipe] [kernel-poll:true] [dtrace]
{apply,{application,start_boot,[stdlib,permanent]}}
{apply,{application,start_boot,[sasl,permanent]}}
=PROGRESS REPORT==== 20-Nov-2018::14:09:57 ===
supervisor: {local,sasl_safe_sup}
started: [{pid,<0.60.0>},
{id,alarm_handler},
{mfargs,{alarm_handler,start_link,[]}},
{restart_type,permanent},
{shutdown,2000},
{child_type,worker}]
=PROGRESS REPORT==== 20-Nov-2018::14:09:57 ===
supervisor: {local,sasl_sup}
started: [{pid,<0.59.0>},
{id,sasl_safe_sup},
{mfargs,
{supervisor,start_link,
[{local,sasl_safe_sup},sasl,safe]}},
{restart_type,permanent},
{shutdown,infinity},
{child_type,supervisor}]
=PROGRESS REPORT==== 20-Nov-2018::14:09:57 ===
supervisor: {local,sasl_sup}
started: [{pid,<0.61.0>},
{id,release_handler},
{mfargs,{release_handler,start_link,[]}},
{restart_type,permanent},
{shutdown,2000},
{child_type,worker}]
{apply,{c,erlangrc,[]}}
=PROGRESS REPORT==== 20-Nov-2018::14:09:57 ===
application: sasl
started_at: nonode#nohost
{progress,started}
{"init terminating in do_boot",{{badmatch,{'EXIT',{badarg,[{erlang,list_to_existing_atom,["crypto"],[]},{yaws,'-start_app_deps/0-fun-0-',2,[{file,"yaws.erl"},{line,264}]},{lists,foldl,3,[{file,"lists.erl"},{line,1263}]},{yaws,start_app_deps,0,[{file,"yaws.erl"},{line,263}]},{yaws,start,0,[{file,"yaws.erl"},{line,209}]},{init,start_em,1,[]},{init,do_boot,3,[]}]}}},[{yaws,start,0,[{file,"yaws.erl"},{line,209}]},{init,start_em,1,[]},{init,do_boot,3,[]}]}}
init terminating in do_boot ()
It appears that the crypto service is not started.