diff --git a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
index 3d37c4634b..42f2f8b304 100644
--- a/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
+++ b/package/elfutils/elfutils.mk
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ ELFUTILS_CONF_ENV += \
 ELFUTILS_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
 	$(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+ELFUTILS_LDFLAGS += -latomic
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC),)
 ELFUTILS_DEPENDENCIES += musl-fts
 ELFUTILS_LDFLAGS += -lfts