diff --git a/package/opencv/Config.in b/package/opencv/Config.in
index d648e5ef1d..c444d65838 100644
--- a/package/opencv/Config.in
+++ b/package/opencv/Config.in
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_WITH_GTK
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # libgtk2 -> libglib2
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libgtk2 -> glib2
+	depends on BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS # libgtk2 -> cairo
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_OPENCV_LIB_HIGHGUI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2