diff --git a/package/poppler/poppler.mk b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
index 5946cbec24..bad61a6613 100644
--- a/package/poppler/poppler.mk
+++ b/package/poppler/poppler.mk
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ POPPLER_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 POPPLER_CONF_OPTS = --with-font-configuration=fontconfig \
 	--enable-xpdf-headers
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+POPPLER_CONF_ENV += LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -latomic"
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CAIRO),y)
 POPPLER_CONF_OPTS += --enable-cairo-output
 POPPLER_DEPENDENCIES += cairo