diff --git a/srcpkgs/apr/patches/atomic64.patch b/srcpkgs/apr/patches/atomic64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afd06447e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/apr/patches/atomic64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+commit 69e9378eb86357d4361322256d5d5a39ff4a592d
+Author: q66 <daniel@octaforge.org>
+Date:   Fri Jan 10 13:04:37 2020 +0100
+
+    use __atomic builtins instead of legacy __sync
+    
+    This allows for 64-bit atomic ops on platforms that don't natively
+    support them such as armv6 and ppc32.
+
+diff --git atomic/unix/builtins64.c atomic/unix/builtins64.c
+index 4a4b685..90b5c5e 100644
+--- atomic/unix/builtins64.c
++++ atomic/unix/builtins64.c
+@@ -30,35 +30,34 @@ APR_DECLARE(void) apr_atomic_set64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem, apr_uint64_t val)
+ 
+ APR_DECLARE(apr_uint64_t) apr_atomic_add64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem, apr_uint64_t val)
+ {
+-    return __sync_fetch_and_add(mem, val);
++    return __atomic_fetch_add(mem, val, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
+ }
+ 
+ APR_DECLARE(void) apr_atomic_sub64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem, apr_uint64_t val)
+ {
+-    __sync_fetch_and_sub(mem, val);
++    __atomic_fetch_sub(mem, val, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
+ }
+ 
+ APR_DECLARE(apr_uint64_t) apr_atomic_inc64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem)
+ {
+-    return __sync_fetch_and_add(mem, 1);
++    return __atomic_fetch_add(mem, 1, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
+ }
+ 
+ APR_DECLARE(int) apr_atomic_dec64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem)
+ {
+-    return __sync_sub_and_fetch(mem, 1);
++    return (int)__atomic_sub_fetch(mem, 1, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
+ }
+ 
+ APR_DECLARE(apr_uint64_t) apr_atomic_cas64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem, apr_uint64_t with,
+                                            apr_uint64_t cmp)
+ {
+-    return __sync_val_compare_and_swap(mem, cmp, with);
++    __atomic_compare_exchange_n(mem, &cmp, with, 0, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
++    return cmp;
+ }
+ 
+ APR_DECLARE(apr_uint64_t) apr_atomic_xchg64(volatile apr_uint64_t *mem, apr_uint64_t val)
+ {
+-    __sync_synchronize();
+-
+-    return __sync_lock_test_and_set(mem, val);
++    return __atomic_exchange_n(mem, val, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST);
+ }
+ 
+ #endif /* USE_ATOMICS_BUILTINS */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/apr/template b/srcpkgs/apr/template
index d4b2416f0d4..07532f03751 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apr/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'apr'
 pkgname=apr
 version=1.7.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-installbuilddir=/usr/share/apr-1/build"
 makedepends="expat-devel libuuid-devel"
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" apr_cv_mutex_robust_shared=yes"
 fi
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	ppc*|armv[56]*|mips*)
+		makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+		LDFLAGS="-latomic"
+		;;
+esac
+
 pre_build() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		sed -i "/LINK_PROG.*OBJECTS_gen_test_char/s|.*|\t${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} tools/gen_test_char.c -o tools/gen_test_char|" Makefile