diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 90a13b85..673941df 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ llvm-toolchain-3.4 (1:3.4.2-3) unstable; urgency=medium
   * Ship the compiler-rt static libraries
   * Running tests respect DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=parallel=X
    (Closes: #751943)
+  * Fix FTBFS on powerpc and powerpcspe (Closes: #733890)
 
  -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Thu, 19 Jun 2014 19:13:16 +0200
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b7c88dc4..59337347 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ LDFLAGS_EXTRA=
 CXXFLAGS_EXTRA=
 CONFIGURE_EXTRA=
 
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),powerpc powerpcspe))
+LDFLAGS_EXTRA += -latomic
+endif
+
 confargs := \
 	--host=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) --build=$(DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE)