diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff1f2ba8a..69daa323d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ else()
   add_definitions(-D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS)
 endif()
 
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL Linux)
+  list(APPEND DEPLIBS "atomic")
+endif()
+
 # Sources to build
 # (use add_dir_sources function to add source/header files from the CMakeLists files of subdirectories)
 add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c163249e..f16e0455a 100644
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ add_executable(${BINARY}
     ../utils/XMLUtils.cpp
     )
 
-if(LINUX)
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL Linux)
   SET(ADD_LINK_LIBS "atomic")
 endif()