diff --git a/package/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer.mk b/package/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer.mk
index 3b1589125c..707e143eb3 100644
--- a/package/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer.mk
+++ b/package/dfu-programmer/dfu-programmer.mk
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ endef
 
 DFU_PROGRAMMER_POST_PATCH_HOOKS == DFU_PROGRAMMER_ADD_MISSING_FILE
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+DFU_PROGRAMMER_CONF_OPTS += LIBS=-latomic
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))