diff --git a/srcpkgs/webkit2gtk/template b/srcpkgs/webkit2gtk/template
index 66f12afe9ff..9ecc1e1c93a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/webkit2gtk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/webkit2gtk/template
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ makedepends="
  geoclue2-devel libnotify-devel hyphen-devel"
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-armv6*) configure_args+=" -DENABLE_JIT=0";;
+armv6*) configure_args+=" -DENABLE_JIT=0" CXXFLAGS="-D__GCC_HAVE_SYNC_COMPARE_AND_SWAP_8=1";;
 aarch64*) configure_args+=" -DUSE_LD_GOLD=0";;
 esac