diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt5/template b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
index 08ae99e4d86..899c0238630 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt5/template
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 esac
 
 if [ "$build_option_webengine" ]; then
-	# v8 requires libatomic on ppc*/s390x/mips*
+	# v8 requires libatomic on armv[56]*/ppc*/s390x/mips*
 	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		mips*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
+		armv[56]*|mips*|ppc*) makedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
 		*) ;;
 	esac
 	# also need it on host when it's one of those archs
 	case "$XBPS_MACHINE" in
-		mips*|ppc*) hostmakedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
+		armv[56]*|mips*|ppc*) hostmakedepends+=" libatomic-devel" ;;
 		*) ;;
 	esac
 fi