https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/5219
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/pull/5227
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commit/56b40a8f055cfd05633054aed5d3466a6e058b72

--- /configure.ac
+++ /configure.ac
@@ -165,6 +165,22 @@
 ])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_ZLIB], [test $HAVE_ZLIB = 1])
 
+dnl On some platforms, std::atomic needs a helper library
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether -latomic is needed)
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+  #include <atomic>
+  #include <cstdint>
+  std::atomic<std::int64_t> v;
+  int main() {
+    return v;
+  }
+]])], STD_ATOMIC_NEED_LIBATOMIC=no, STD_ATOMIC_NEED_LIBATOMIC=yes)
+AC_MSG_RESULT($STD_ATOMIC_NEED_LIBATOMIC)
+if test "x$STD_ATOMIC_NEED_LIBATOMIC" = xyes; then
+  LIBATOMIC_LIBS="-latomic"
+fi
+AC_SUBST([LIBATOMIC_LIBS])
+
 AS_IF([test "$with_protoc" != "no"], [
   PROTOC=$with_protoc
   AS_IF([test "$with_protoc" = "yes"], [
--- /src/Makefile.am
+++ /src/Makefile.am
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libprotobuf-lite.la libprotobuf.la libprotoc.la
 
-libprotobuf_lite_la_LIBADD = $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
+libprotobuf_lite_la_LIBADD = $(PTHREAD_LIBS) $(LIBATOMIC_LIBS)
 libprotobuf_lite_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 17:0:0 -export-dynamic -no-undefined
 if HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
 libprotobuf_lite_la_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libprotobuf-lite.map
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
   google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream.cc                       \
   google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream_impl_lite.cc
 
-libprotobuf_la_LIBADD = $(PTHREAD_LIBS)
+libprotobuf_la_LIBADD = $(PTHREAD_LIBS) $(LIBATOMIC_LIBS)
 libprotobuf_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 17:0:0 -export-dynamic -no-undefined
 if HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
 libprotobuf_la_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--version-script=$(srcdir)/libprotobuf.map