diff --git a/package/cups-filters/Config.in b/package/cups-filters/Config.in
index 32381e6c1f..ded99a4774 100644
--- a/package/cups-filters/Config.in
+++ b/package/cups-filters/Config.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CUPS_FILTERS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libglib2
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_CUPS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # qpdf
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC # qpdf
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FONTCONFIG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_CUPS_FILTERS
 
 comment "cups-filters needs a toolchain w/ wchar, C++, threads and dynamic library, gcc >= 5"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || \
 		!BR2_USE_WCHAR || BR2_STATIC_LIBS || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5
diff --git a/package/qpdf/Config.in b/package/qpdf/Config.in
index 047c4c8a75..accf2b5f34 100644
--- a/package/qpdf/Config.in
+++ b/package/qpdf/Config.in
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QPDF
 	bool "qpdf"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5 # C++14
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_JPEG
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_RC4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
@@ -16,5 +17,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_QPDF
 	  http://qpdf.sourceforge.net/
 
 comment "qpdf needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 5"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || \
 		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_5