diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9772a16fe..2acdacb32 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 static_deps = get_option('static-linkage') or get_option('default_library') == 'static'
 
 # See https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix/issues/371
-if ['arm', 'mips', 'm68k', 'ppc', 'sh4'].contains(host_machine.cpu_family())
+if host_machine.system() == 'linux' and ['arm', 'mips', 'm68k', 'ppc', 'sh4'].contains(host_machine.cpu_family())
   extra_libs = ['-latomic']
 else
   extra_libs = []