diff --git a/cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake b/cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake
index b8296a1c5..5f362dc4e 100644
--- a/cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CheckAtomic.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # atomic builtins are required for threading support.
 
 INCLUDE(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+INCLUDE(CheckLibraryExists)
 
 # Sometimes linking against libatomic is required for atomic ops, if
 # the platform doesn't support lock-free atomics.