diff --git a/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template b/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
index 0d1d07d5825..e6b70b7e34b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DKATEHIGHLIGHTINGINDEXER_EXECUTABLE=/usr/libexec/${pkgname}/katehighlightingindexer"
 hostmakedepends="kcoreaddons extra-cmake-modules perl qt5-host-tools
  qt5-qmake qt5-tools qt5-devel qt5-tools-devel"
-makedepends="qt5-devel qt5-tools-devel qt5-xmlpatterns-devel"
+makedepends="qt5-devel qt5-tools-devel qt5-xmlpatterns-devel
+ libatomic-devel"
 short_desc="Syntax highlighting engine for structured text and code"
 maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
@@ -18,6 +19,10 @@ if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" syntax-highlighting"
 fi
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES=-latomic"
+fi
+
 post_install() {
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# internal tool needed for cross-building