diff --git a/arch/Config.in.avr32 b/arch/Config.in.avr32
index 842958957f..fc1f4f66f9 100644
--- a/arch/Config.in.avr32
+++ b/arch/Config.in.avr32
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@ config BR2_ENDIAN
 
 config BR2_GCC_TARGET_ARCH
 	default "ap"
+
+config BR2_ARCH_HAS_ATOMICS
+	default y