diff --git a/srcpkgs/sysbench/template b/srcpkgs/sysbench/template
index 2dacee405f6..fb246f4815d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sysbench/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sysbench/template
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ homepage="https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench"
 distfiles="https://github.com/akopytov/sysbench/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=c679b285e633c819d637bdafaeacc1bec13f37da5b3357c7e17d97a71bf28cb1
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	ppc64*) ;;
+	armv6*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
+esac
+
+
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
 }