diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
index 71b638b9ab8c..173825834dee 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mariadb/default.nix
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (common // {
   '';
 
   CXXFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 "-fpermissive";
+  NIX_LDFLAGS = lib.optionalString stdenv.hostPlatform.isRiscV "-latomic";
 });
 in {
   mariadb_104 = mariadbPackage {