diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/CMakeLists.txt b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 add_compiler_rt_component(scudo_standalone)
 
+include(CheckAtomic)
+
 include_directories(../.. include)
 
 set(SCUDO_CFLAGS)
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@
   list(APPEND SCUDO_CFLAGS -O3)
 endif()
 
-set(SCUDO_LINK_FLAGS)
+set(SCUDO_LINK_FLAGS ${LLVM_ATOMIC_LIB})
 
 list(APPEND SCUDO_LINK_FLAGS -Wl,-z,defs,-z,now,-z,relro)
 
@@ -153,10 +155,6 @@
 
 append_list_if(FUCHSIA zircon SCUDO_LINK_LIBS)
 
-if(COMPILER_RT_DEFAULT_TARGET_ARCH MATCHES "mips|mips64|mipsel|mips64el")
-  list(APPEND SCUDO_LINK_LIBS atomic)
-endif()
-
 if(COMPILER_RT_HAS_SCUDO_STANDALONE)
   add_compiler_rt_object_libraries(RTScudoStandalone
     ARCHS ${SCUDO_STANDALONE_SUPPORTED_ARCH}
diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/tests/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/scudo/standalone/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,13 +37,9 @@
 set(SCUDO_UNITTEST_LINK_FLAGS
   ${COMPILER_RT_UNITTEST_LINK_FLAGS}
   ${COMPILER_RT_UNWINDER_LINK_LIBS}
-  ${SANITIZER_TEST_CXX_LIBRARIES})
+  ${SANITIZER_TEST_CXX_LIBRARIES}
+  ${LLVM_ATOMIC_LIB})
 list(APPEND SCUDO_UNITTEST_LINK_FLAGS -pthread -no-pie)
-# Linking against libatomic is required with some compilers
-check_library_exists(atomic __atomic_load_8 "" COMPILER_RT_HAS_LIBATOMIC)
-if (COMPILER_RT_HAS_LIBATOMIC)
-  list(APPEND SCUDO_UNITTEST_LINK_FLAGS -latomic)
-endif()
 
 set(SCUDO_TEST_HEADERS
   scudo_unit_test.h
diff --git a/llvm/cmake/modules/CheckAtomic.cmake b/llvm/cmake/modules/CheckAtomic.cmake
--- a/llvm/cmake/modules/CheckAtomic.cmake
+++ b/llvm/cmake/modules/CheckAtomic.cmake
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 INCLUDE(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 INCLUDE(CheckLibraryExists)
+INCLUDE(DetermineGCCCompatible)
 
 # Sometimes linking against libatomic is required for atomic ops, if
 # the platform doesn't support lock-free atomics.