diff --git a/package/crun/crun.mk b/package/crun/crun.mk
index b4db276602..02d0b3d62f 100644
--- a/package/crun/crun.mk
+++ b/package/crun/crun.mk
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ CRUN_CPE_ID_VALID = YES
 CRUN_AUTORECONF = YES
 CRUN_CONF_OPTS = --disable-embedded-yajl
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+CRUN_CONF_ENV += LIBS=-latomic
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ARGP_STANDALONE),y)
 CRUN_DEPENDENCIES += argp-standalone
 endif