diff --git a/srcpkgs/krita/template b/srcpkgs/krita/template
index fae996b802..a4cf788ae1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/krita/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/krita/template
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ replaces="calligra-krita>=0"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	i686*|x86_64*) makedepends+=" vc";;
-	ppc64*) ;;
-	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
 esac
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi