diff --git a/community/audacity/PKGBUILD b/community/audacity/PKGBUILD
index 8043b25c1..9c680f849 100644
--- a/community/audacity/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/audacity/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - configure with --disable-sse
+#  - explicitly link v5/v6 with libatomic
 
 pkgname=audacity
 pkgver=2.3.0
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ prepare() {
 
 build() {
   cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
-  WX_CONFIG=wx-config-gtk3 ./configure --prefix="/usr" \
+  [[ $CARCH == "arm" || $CARCH == "armv6h" ]] && LIBS="-latomic"
+  WX_CONFIG=wx-config-gtk3 LIBS=$LIBS ./configure --prefix="/usr" \
     --with-libsndfile="system" \
     --with-ffmpeg="system" \
     --with-expat="system" \