diff --git a/package/cutelyst/cutelyst.mk b/package/cutelyst/cutelyst.mk
index e8695a7b3a..8e117e3286 100644
--- a/package/cutelyst/cutelyst.mk
+++ b/package/cutelyst/cutelyst.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ CUTELYST_CONF_OPTS += \
 	-DPLUGIN_CSRFPROTECTION=ON \
 	-DPLUGIN_VIEW_GRANTLEE=OFF
 
+# Qt 5.8 needs atomics, which on various architectures are in -latomic
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC)$(BR2_PACKAGE_QT5_VERSION_LATEST),yy)
+CUTELYST_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS) -latomic"
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBPWQUALITY),y)
 CUTELYST_CONF_OPTS += -DPLUGIN_VALIDATOR_PWQUALITY=ON
 CUTELYST_DEPENDENCIES += libpwquality