diff --git a/package/dhcp/dhcp.mk b/package/dhcp/dhcp.mk
index cbc95cb152..183c8322d6 100644
--- a/package/dhcp/dhcp.mk
+++ b/package/dhcp/dhcp.mk
@@ -62,9 +62,14 @@ else
 DHCP_BIND_EXTRA_CONFIG += --without-zlib
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC),y)
+DHCP_BIND_EXTRA_CONFIG += --enable-atomic
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
 DHCP_CONF_ENV += LIBS=-latomic
 endif
+else
+DHCP_BIND_EXTRA_CONFIG += --disable-atomic
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 DHCP_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libtool