diff --git a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
index 4c3c443db7..fe1cdd5675 100644
--- a/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
+++ b/package/civetweb/civetweb.mk
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ CIVETWEB_INSTALL_OPTS = \
 	HTMLDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)$(CIVETWEB_HTMLDIR)" \
 	SYSCONFDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)$(CIVETWEB_SYSCONFDIR)"
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_SYNC_4),)
+CIVETWEB_COPT += -DNO_ATOMICS=1
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CIVETWEB_WITH_LUA),y)
 CIVETWEB_CONF_OPTS += WITH_LUA=1
 CIVETWEB_LIBS += -ldl