diff --git a/package/rsync/rsync.mk b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
index d2fa47d39a..3fd2ef257e 100644
--- a/package/rsync/rsync.mk
+++ b/package/rsync/rsync.mk
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ RSYNC_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-roll-simd \
 	--disable-md5-asm
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+RSYNC_CONF_ENV += LIBS=-latomic
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ACL),y)
 RSYNC_DEPENDENCIES += acl
 else