diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index e84a3704..e1add947 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+llvm-toolchain-3.8 (1:3.8.1-4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix the FTBFS under mips/mipsel? (enable the link against atomic)
+    (Closes: #820537)
+
+ -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Sun, 03 Jul 2016 12:10:44 +0200
+
 llvm-toolchain-3.8 (1:3.8.1-3) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * Add -gsplit-dwarf to CXXFLAGS to workaround the memory allocation
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 3917f115..e3e7e0b4 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CXXFLAGS_EXTRA = -std=c++0x -gsplit-dwarf
 CONFIGURE_EXTRA =
 CMAKE_EXTRA =
 
-ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),powerpc powerpcspe))
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),powerpc powerpcspe mips mipsel))
 LDFLAGS_EXTRA += -latomic
 endif