diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e995946..9daf548 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ par2_SOURCES = src/par2cmdline.cpp \
 	src/commandline.cpp src/commandline.h
 par2_LDADD = libpar2.a
 
-LDADD = -lstdc++ $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
+LDADD = -lstdc++ $(PTHREAD_LIBS) -latomic
 AM_CPPFLAGS = -Wall -DNDEBUG
 AM_CXXFLAGS = $(PTHREAD_CFLAGS)