diff --git a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
index 330d791aaa..cb2f5253bf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kiwix-lib/template
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ changelog="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/blob/${version}/ChangeLog"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-lib/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=00fcc067ae7abeb8043b0270f234d40f2ad1b1085da5df143e2ba23443a8a16c
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	armv6l*)
+		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+		LDFLAGS="-latomic"
+		;;
+esac
+
 kiwix-lib-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development packages"
 	depends="pugixml-devel icu-devel xapian-core-devel libzim-devel