diff --git a/srcpkgs/bcc/template b/srcpkgs/bcc/template
index 4a90ecfdc80..a0ead1ec73e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bcc/template
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/releases/download/v${version}/bcc-src-
 checksum=d05f2da69545bbb727b929e581c12f6c47729316211899d3734e08f7cff2215b
 python_version="3"
 
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
+fi
+
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i '/tests/d' CMakeLists.txt  # break on musl
 }