diff --git a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
index e852083de6..6ee4b20391 100644
--- a/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
+++ b/package/wireshark/wireshark.mk
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ endef
 
 WIRESHARK_PRE_BUILD_HOOKS += WIRESHARK_BUILD_LEMON_TOOL
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-latomic
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_LTO),y)
 WIRESHARK_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_LTO=ON
 else