diff --git a/srcpkgs/thrift/template b/srcpkgs/thrift/template
index e090df04b4e..068125b377f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thrift/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thrift/template
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ homepage="https://thrift.apache.org/"
 distfiles="http://www-us.apache.org/dist/thrift/${version}/thrift-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7ad348b88033af46ce49148097afe354d513c1fca7c607b59c33ebb6064b5179
 
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	ppc64*) ;;
-	ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel";;
-esac
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args="--disable-tests --disable-tutorial"