diff --git a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
index 01cdc057ba9..981216a3647 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/swi-prolog/template
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ homepage="http://www.swi-prolog.org/"
 changelog="http://www.swi-prolog.org/ChangeLog?branch=stable"
 distfiles="http://www.swi-prolog.org/download/stable/src/swipl-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d8c9f3adb9cd997a5fed7b5f5dbfe971d2defda969b9066ada158e4202c09c3c
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	LDFLAGS="-latomic"
+fi