diff --git a/srcpkgs/sendmidi/template b/srcpkgs/sendmidi/template
index 2b44c25e724..95b1862e1a6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sendmidi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sendmidi/template
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ changelog="https://github.com/gbevin/SendMIDI/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/gbevin/SendMIDI/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3fb3d16ee14784e057e633b6e57fede33ac291d9af85942106fde8b431e15740
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
+
 post_patch() {
 	if [ -z "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 		vsed -e 's/-latomic//g' -i Makefile