diff --git a/srcpkgs/haproxy/template b/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
index e3acda01b06..f9e727e3b03 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/haproxy/template
@@ -22,16 +22,13 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) CFLAGS="-D__LINUX_NETFILTER_H";;
 esac
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv[56]*|mips*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
+	armv[56]*|mips*) ADDLIB="-latomic"; makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
 esac
 
 
 do_build() {
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		armv[56]*|mips*) sed -i Makefile -e's;$(LDOPTS);& -latomic;' ;;
-	esac
 	make ${makejobs} CC="$CC" CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}" EXTRA= \
-		${make_build_args}
+		ADDLIB="${ADDLIB}" ${make_build_args}
 }
 
 post_install() {