diff --git a/package/vlc/vlc.mk b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
index 8efbecb74e..cf0b557bb1 100644
--- a/package/vlc/vlc.mk
+++ b/package/vlc/vlc.mk
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ VLC_CONF_OPTS += \
 	--disable-addonmanagermodules \
 	--enable-run-as-root \
 
+# Uses __atomic_fetch_add_4
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+VLC_CONF_ENV += LIBS="-latomic"
+endif
+
 # Building static and shared doesn't work, so force static off.
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),)
 VLC_CONF_OPTS += --disable-static