diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1872701f..8bcba9cd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ llvm-toolchain-7 (1:7.0.1~+rc3-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Force the chmod +x on llvm-X/bin/* because it was sometimes removed
     by the strip process
   * Improved the debian/patches/series presentation by creating categories
+  * Force the link to atomic also for i386 as it fails on Debian jessie too
 
  -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Mon, 10 Dec 2018 03:49:59 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 62624555..b38745dc 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),s390x))
 	LIBCXX_EXCEPTIONS :=OFF
 endif
 
-ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),armel mips mipsel powerpc powerpcspe riscv64))
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),i386 armel mips mipsel powerpc powerpcspe riscv64))
 CMAKE_EXTRA += -DLIBOMP_LIBFLAGS="-latomic" -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="-latomic"
 endif