--- a/ThirdParty/protobuf/vtkprotobuf/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ThirdParty/protobuf/vtkprotobuf/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -313,10 +313,16 @@
   endif ()
 endif ()
 
+if ((DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH STREQUAL "arm-linux-gnueabi") OR (DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH STREQUAL "mipsel-linux-gnu"))
+  set(ATOMIC_LIB atomic)
+else ()
+  set(ATOMIC_LIB "")
+endif ()
+
 target_link_libraries(vtkprotoc
   PRIVATE
     ${vtkprotoc_no_as_needed}
     vtklibprotoc
     ParaView::protobuf
-    Threads::Threads)
+    Threads::Threads ${ATOMIC_LIB})
 add_executable(ParaView::protoc ALIAS vtkprotoc)