diff --git a/community/rubberband/PKGBUILD b/community/rubberband/PKGBUILD
index f82175931..24addbb86 100644
--- a/community/rubberband/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/rubberband/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org>
 #  - patch to fix build on v5
+#  - explicitly link v5/v6 with libatomic
 
 pkgname=rubberband
 pkgver=2.0.0
@@ -33,6 +34,9 @@ prepare() {
   if [[ $CARCH == 'arm' ]]; then
     patch -p1 -i ../0001-fix-armv5-build.patch
   fi
+  if [[ $CARCH == 'arm' || $CARCH == "armv6h" ]]; then
+    LDFLAGS+=" -latomic"
+  fi
 }
 
 build() {