diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index efd0d09ad1..f9ec702c23 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -3537,7 +3537,10 @@ (define-public numactl
                 "1xngddsph43bxljywahi9d44fxr022slsap4hh91w8xnq54d2sw2"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
-     '(;; There's a 'test' target, but it requires NUMA support in the kernel
+     `(,@(if (target-riscv64?)
+           `(#:make-flags (list "LDFLAGS=-latomic"))
+           '())
+       ;; There's a 'test' target, but it requires NUMA support in the kernel
        ;; to run, which we can't assume to have.
        #:tests? #f))