diff --git a/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template b/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
index 95478dfea6f..3e1af5bfa4c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/edbrowse/template
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ homepage="http://edbrowse.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/CMB/edbrowse/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5d512b63ee69e418e5946557ebc703c19e6dccc515f358649a2d38063a6d6a69
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+	make_build_args+=" QUICKJS_LDFLAGS+=-latomic"
+fi
+
 do_install() {
 	vbin src/edbrowse
 	vsconf doc/sample.ebrc