diff --git a/srcpkgs/cabbage/template b/srcpkgs/cabbage/template
index 9b650bccf50..c0f5f33b3b8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cabbage/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cabbage/template
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	ppc*) CXXFLAGS="-DPNG_POWERPC_VSX_OPT=0" ;;
 esac
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS=" -latomic"
+fi
+
 # without TARGET_ARCH, the build system will assume -march=native,
 # which is wrong as we're building a generic package and -march does
 # not even always work