diff --git a/srcpkgs/ahoviewer/template b/srcpkgs/ahoviewer/template
index 941ed0c8d3..d70b8c19a0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ahoviewer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ahoviewer/template
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a14e32b4a8095c9f8b4b607c090a50cc8ac1076550e57b5a9303c54089068152
 nocross="https://travis-ci.org/void-linux/void-packages/jobs/490108528#L1022"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
+esac
+
+post_patch() {
+	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+		ppc64*) ;;
+		armv6*|ppc*)
+			echo "ahoviewer_LDADD += -latomic" >> src/Makefile.am
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }