diff --git a/package/ghostscript/ghostscript.mk b/package/ghostscript/ghostscript.mk
index 250c851b28..08e2667981 100644
--- a/package/ghostscript/ghostscript.mk
+++ b/package/ghostscript/ghostscript.mk
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ GHOSTSCRIPT_CONF_ENV = \
 	CFLAGSAUX="$(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
 	PKGCONFIG="$(PKG_CONFIG_HOST_BINARY)"
 
+# Uses __atomic_fetch_add_4
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+GHOSTSCRIPT_MAKE_ENV += XTRALIBS=-latomic
+endif
+
 GHOSTSCRIPT_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-compile-inits \
 	--enable-fontconfig \