diff --git a/package/libunwind/libunwind.mk b/package/libunwind/libunwind.mk
index abdec86761..5f6b87b9db 100644
--- a/package/libunwind/libunwind.mk
+++ b/package/libunwind/libunwind.mk
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ LIBUNWIND_CONF_OPTS = \
 	$(if $(BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP),--enable-cxx-exceptions,--disable-cxx-exceptions)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBATOMIC_OPS),y)
-LIBUNWIND_DEPENDENCIES = libatomic_ops
+LIBUNWIND_DEPENDENCIES += libatomic_ops
 endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))