diff --git a/srcpkgs/gnunet/template b/srcpkgs/gnunet/template
index fb3ef1340b7..b0bbd3240fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gnunet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gnunet/template
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ homepage="https://gnunet.org"
 distfiles="https://git.gnunet.org/gnunet.git/snapshot/${pkgname}-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=ac99e7e5a167aa42e7734ad5c94a31be1f9fe98842a923c382c8a30b5320561a
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	armv[56]*|mips*|ppc|ppc-musl)
+		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
+esac
+
 pre_configure() {
 	./bootstrap
 }