diff --git a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-explorer/template b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-explorer/template
index 5ed222866f..f56a5fd580 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-explorer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libbitcoin-explorer/template
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-explorer/archive/v${version}
 checksum=630cffd577c0d10345b44ce8160f4604519b0ca69bf201f524f104c207b930aa
 conf_files="/etc/libbitcoin/bx.cfg"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	armv6*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" LDFLAGS="-latomic" ;;
+esac
+
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh
 }