diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_5.29.4.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_5.29.4.bb
index 777378369e..9d49e0d3e4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_5.29.4.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_5.29.4.bb
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += "\
 TEST_SRC_DIR = "examples"
 LANG_SUPPORT = "cpp ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python', '', d)}"
 
+LDFLAGS:append:riscv32 = " -latomic"
+
 do_compile_ptest() {
 	mkdir -p "${B}/${TEST_SRC_DIR}"