diff --git a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
index e241bd1c88..5dc4eebefa 100644
--- a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
+++ b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ else
 LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-threaded-resolver
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += LIBS=-latomic
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBCURL_VERBOSE),y)
 LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-verbose
 else