diff --git a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
index c0429bb08a..2427463853 100644
--- a/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
+++ b/toolchain/toolchain-external/toolchain-external.mk
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #  of Buildroot is handled identical for the 2 toolchain types.
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_UCLIBC),y)
-LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS += libc.so.* libcrypt.so.* libdl.so.* libgcc_s.so.* libm.so.* libnsl.so.* libresolv.so.* librt.so.* libutil.so.*
+LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS += libatomic.so.* libc.so.* libcrypt.so.* libdl.so.* libgcc_s.so.* libm.so.* libnsl.so.* libresolv.so.* librt.so.* libutil.so.*
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GLIBC)$(BR2_ARM_EABIHF),yy)
 LIB_EXTERNAL_LIBS += ld-linux-armhf.so.*
 else