diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/libfyaml/libfyaml_0.9.6.bb b/meta/recipes-support/libfyaml/libfyaml_0.9.6.bb
index 4c3fe42891..012ff7052d 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/libfyaml/libfyaml_0.9.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/libfyaml/libfyaml_0.9.6.bb
@@ -13,5 +13,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GITHUB_BASE_URI}/download/v${PV}/libfyaml-${PV}.tar.gz \
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "a59cc3331e2eb903ec36933ad52a45888041cac31e44f553a00511131242c483"

 inherit autotools pkgconfig github-releases
+# Specify linking with -latomic on architectures missing 64bit atomics.
+LDFLAGS += "${@bb.utils.contains_any('TUNE_FEATURES', '32 armv5 o32 m32', '-latomic', '', d)}"

 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"