diff --git a/package/squid/Config.in b/package/squid/Config.in
index 50f65de433..726160b01d 100644
--- a/package/squid/Config.in
+++ b/package/squid/Config.in
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 comment "squid needs a toolchain w/ C++, gcc >= 4.8 not affected by bug 64735"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 || \
 		!BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_SQUID
 	bool "squid"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_ATOMIC
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
 	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_GCC_BUG_64735 # std::current_exception
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_4_8 # C++11
diff --git a/package/squid/squid.mk b/package/squid/squid.mk
index 2b6c830a62..4a3318b40b 100644
--- a/package/squid/squid.mk
+++ b/package/squid/squid.mk
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ SQUID_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-swapdir=/var/cache/squid/ \
 	--with-default-user=squid
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+SQUID_CONF_ENV += LIBS=-latomic
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBKRB5),y)
 SQUID_CONF_OPTS += --with-mit-krb5
 SQUID_DEPENDENCIES += libkrb5