diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f11582131b..41a1108716 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1013,6 +1013,16 @@ endif
 
 #####################################################################
 
+libatomic = []
+if not cc.links('''#include <stdint.h>
+                   int main() {
+                     char i;
+                     __atomic_exchange_1(&i, 1, 0);
+                     return 1;
+                   }''',
+                name : 'Atomic builtin requires -latomic')
+        libatomic = cc.find_library('atomic')
+endif
 threads = dependency('threads')
 librt = cc.find_library('rt')
 libm = cc.find_library('m')
@@ -3177,7 +3187,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_OOMD') == 1
                    systemd_oomd_sources,
                    include_directories : includes,
                    link_with : [libshared],
-                   dependencies : [],
+                   dependencies : [libatomic],
                    install_rpath : rootpkglibdir,
                    install : true,
                    install_dir : rootlibexecdir)
diff --git a/src/network/meson.build b/src/network/meson.build
index e4def6bc51..b09c18dbbd 100644
--- a/src/network/meson.build
+++ b/src/network/meson.build
@@ -290,13 +290,13 @@ tests += [
         [files('test-networkd-address.c'),
          [libnetworkd_core,
           libsystemd_network],
-         [],
+         [libatomic],
          network_includes],
 
         [files('test-networkd-conf.c'),
          [libnetworkd_core,
           libsystemd_network],
-         [],
+         [libatomic],
          network_includes],
 
         [files('test-networkd-util.c'),
diff --git a/src/oom/meson.build b/src/oom/meson.build
index 6926ae0d18..12035183de 100644
--- a/src/oom/meson.build
+++ b/src/oom/meson.build
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@ endif
 tests += [
         [files('test-oomd-util.c',
                'oomd-util.c',
-               'oomd-util.h')],
+               'oomd-util.h'),
+	 [],
+	 [libatomic]]
 ]