diff --git a/srcpkgs/fswatch/template b/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
index 7c31bab26c..872b5dee18 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fswatch/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/emcrisostomo/fswatch/releases/download/${version}/
 checksum=21f60ff255bd8dac72c8eb917b08c10ef2a040b380876a35357f6a860282ac83
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv6l-musl) LDFLAGS=" -latomic" ;;
+	armv6l-musl) LDFLAGS=" -latomic" makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
 esac
 
 post_install() {