diff --git a/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
index f64ab5ec4834..f86cdd3bbf8a 100644
--- a/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
+++ b/package/libmemcached/libmemcached.mk
@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@ else
 LIBMEMCACHED_CONF_OPTS += -DENABLE_OPENSSL_CRYPTO=OFF
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+LIBMEMCACHED_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-latomic
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))