diff --git a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/files/Telegram.cmake b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/files/Telegram.cmake
index 9d71b7725b5..9279043e69d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/files/Telegram.cmake
+++ b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/files/Telegram.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ option(BUILD_TESTS "Build all available test suites" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_CRASH_REPORTS "Enable crash reports" ON)
 option(ENABLE_GTK_INTEGRATION "Enable GTK integration" ON)
 option(ENABLE_64BIT "Enable 64bit build" OFF)
+option(USE_LIBATOMIC "Link Statically against libatomic.a" OFF)
 
 find_package(LibLZMA REQUIRED)
 find_package(OpenAL REQUIRED)
@@ -169,6 +170,10 @@ else()
 	)
 endif()
 
+if(USE_LIBATOMIC)
+	list(APPEND TELEGRAM_LINK_LIBRARIES libatomic.a)
+endif(USE_LIBATOMIC)
+
 if(ENABLE_GTK_INTEGRATION)
 	pkg_check_modules(APPINDICATOR REQUIRED appindicator3-0.1)
 	pkg_check_modules(GTK3 REQUIRED gtk+-3.0)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
index 8316e5a1dc0..eee59daa120 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/telegram-desktop/template
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in
 esac
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	armv[67]l*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" LDFLAGS+=" -latomic" ;;
+	armv[56]l*|mips*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+			configure_args+=" -DUSE_LIBATOMIC=ON" ;;
 esac
 
 case $XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE in