diff --git a/package/redis/redis.mk b/package/redis/redis.mk
index 3f4956cf34..458ed4f8ba 100644
--- a/package/redis/redis.mk
+++ b/package/redis/redis.mk
@@ -13,16 +13,21 @@ define REDIS_USERS
 	redis -1 redis -1 * /var/lib/redis /bin/false - Redis Server
 endef
 
-# Uses __atomic_fetch_add_4
+# Uses __atomic_fetch_add_4. Adding -latomic to LDFLAGS does not work,
+# because LDFLAGS is used before the list of object files. We need to
+# add -latomic to FINAL_LIBS to provide -latomic at the correct place
+# in the linking command.
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
-REDIS_LIBATOMIC = -latomic
+define REDIS_FIX_MAKEFILE
+	$(SED) 's/FINAL_LIBS=-lm/FINAL_LIBS=-lm -latomic/' $(@D)/src/Makefile
+endef
+REDIS_POST_PATCH_HOOKS = REDIS_FIX_MAKEFILE
 endif
 
 # Redis doesn't support DESTDIR (yet, see
 # https://github.com/antirez/redis/pull/609).  We set PREFIX
 # instead.
 REDIS_BUILDOPTS = $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-	LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(REDIS_LIBATOMIC)" \
 	PREFIX=$(TARGET_DIR)/usr MALLOC=libc
 
 define REDIS_BUILD_CMDS