diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/capnproto/capnproto_0.9.1.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/capnproto/capnproto_0.9.1.bb
index 164bb2cf8a..9616edd732 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/capnproto/capnproto_0.9.1.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/capnproto/capnproto_0.9.1.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git/c++"
 
 inherit cmake
 
+CXXFLAGS:append:mips = " -latomic"
+
 EXTRA_OECMAKE += "\
     -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
 "