diff --git a/arch/Config.in.nios2 b/arch/Config.in.nios2
index ed638981aa..7807769cfa 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in.nios2
+++ b/arch/Config.in.nios2
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ config BR2_ARCH
 
 config BR2_ENDIAN
 	default "LITTLE"
+
+config BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
+	default y