diff --git a/package/libcamera-apps/libcamera-apps.mk b/package/libcamera-apps/libcamera-apps.mk
index 210d4e1e52..f4fc019c17 100644
--- a/package/libcamera-apps/libcamera-apps.mk
+++ b/package/libcamera-apps/libcamera-apps.mk
@@ -45,4 +45,8 @@ else
 LIBCAMERA_APPS_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_QT=0
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+LIBCAMERA_APPS_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-latomic
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))