diff --git a/package/libatomic_ops/Config.in b/package/libatomic_ops/Config.in
index c6fe7a03b4..e9206f3395 100644
--- a/package/libatomic_ops/Config.in
+++ b/package/libatomic_ops/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBATOMIC_OPS_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	bool
-	default y if BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_aarch64 || BR2_i386 || BR2_sparc || BR2_sparc64 || BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le || BR2_x86_64
+	default y if BR2_arm || BR2_armeb || BR2_aarch64 || BR2_i386 || BR2_sparc || BR2_sparc64 || BR2_powerpc || BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc64le || BR2_x86_64 || BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el
+	# Unsupported for MIPS R6
+	depends on !BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS32R6 && !BR2_MIPS_CPU_MIPS64R6
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBATOMIC_OPS
 	bool "libatomic_ops"