diff --git a/package/libde265/libde265.mk b/package/libde265/libde265.mk
index 8c2fa4a3c3..d7e3df83ca 100644
--- a/package/libde265/libde265.mk
+++ b/package/libde265/libde265.mk
@@ -11,4 +11,9 @@ LIBDE265_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBDE265_CPE_ID_VENDOR = struktur
 LIBDE265_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
+# Uses __atomic_fetch_add_4
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+LIBDE265_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-latomic
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))