diff --git a/lld/CMakeLists.txt b/lld/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lld/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lld/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
   include(AddLLVM)
   include(TableGen)
   include(HandleLLVMOptions)
+  include(CheckAtomic)
 
   if(LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS)
     if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.12)
diff --git a/lld/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/lld/Common/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lld/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lld/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+set(LLD_SYSTEM_LIBS ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB})
+
+if(NOT HAVE_CXX_ATOMICS64_WITHOUT_LIB)
+  list(APPEND LLD_SYSTEM_LIBS atomic)
+endif()
+
 find_first_existing_vc_file("${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}" llvm_vc)
 find_first_existing_vc_file("${LLD_SOURCE_DIR}" lld_vc)
 
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@
   Target
 
   LINK_LIBS
-  ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB}
+  ${LLD_SYSTEM_LIBS}
 
   DEPENDS
   intrinsics_gen