diff --git a/srcpkgs/apr-util/template b/srcpkgs/apr-util/template
index 1ee4749fb0d..f0fc44a7434 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apr-util/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apr-util/template
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ license="Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d3e12f7b6ad12687572a3a39475545a072608f4ba03a6ce8a3778f607dd0035b
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*);;
+	ppc*|armv[56]*|mips*)
+		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+		LDFLAGS="-latomic"
+		;;
+esac
+
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i configure \
 		-e "s;^\(  APR_BUILD_DIR=\).*$;\1${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/apr-1/build;"