diff --git a/srcpkgs/bacula-common/template b/srcpkgs/bacula-common/template
index fa60c630831..07f705423ac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bacula-common/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bacula-common/template
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname%-*}-${version}"
 shlib_provides="libbaccats-${version}.so"
 alternatives="bacula-db-backend:/usr/lib/libbaccats-${version}.so:/usr/lib/libbaccats-sqlite3-${version}.so"
 
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	armv6*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
+esac
+
 post_install() {
 	rm "${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/bacula"
 	rm -rf "${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc"