diff --git a/include/package.mk b/include/package.mk
index d4d67413ef9..8fedbc6e8b4 100644
--- a/include/package.mk
+++ b/include/package.mk
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ else
   TARGET_LDFLAGS += -zmax-page-size=4096
 endif
 
+ATOMIC64_DEPENDS:=+!HAS_ATOMIC64:libatomic
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/hardening.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/prereq.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/unpack.mk
diff --git a/target/Config.in b/target/Config.in
index 734e99f10f6..76c4f3b61c4 100644
--- a/target/Config.in
+++ b/target/Config.in
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ config NAND_SUPPORT
 config LEGACY_SDCARD_SUPPORT
 	bool
 
+config HAS_ATOMIC64
+	bool
+
 config ARCH_64BIT
+	select HAS_ATOMIC64
 	bool
 
 config VIRTIO_SUPPORT
@@ -153,16 +157,20 @@ config arm_v6
 	bool
 
 config arm_v6k
+	select HAS_ATOMIC64
 	bool
 
 config arm_v7
+	select HAS_ATOMIC64
 	bool
 
 config i386
+	select HAS_ATOMIC64
 	bool
 
 config i686
-	bool 
+	select HAS_ATOMIC64
+	bool
 
 config loongarch64
 	select ARCH_64BIT