diff --git a/package/leveldb/leveldb.mk b/package/leveldb/leveldb.mk
index 8aabc7e7a7..5baf56c718 100644
--- a/package/leveldb/leveldb.mk
+++ b/package/leveldb/leveldb.mk
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ LEVELDB_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LEVELDB_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LEVELDB_DEPENDENCIES = snappy
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
+LEVELDB_CONF_OPTS += -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=-latomic
+endif
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))