diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/package.py
index 73ff2b1769..40c2c61dfc 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/clingo/package.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
                 self.define("PYCLINGO_USE_INSTALL_PREFIX", True),
                 self.define("PYCLINGO_INSTALL_DIR", python_platlib),
                 self.define("PYCLINGO_SUFFIX", suffix),
+                self.define("CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_LIBRARIES", "-latomic"),
                 self.cmake_py_shared,
             ]
         else: