--- src/libOpenImageIO/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2016-03-01 22:25:21 UTC
+++ src/libOpenImageIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@ if (EMBEDPLUGINS)
     endif ()
 endif ()
 
+if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.8)
+    target_link_libraries (OpenImageIO atomic)
+endif ()
+
 target_link_libraries (OpenImageIO ${ILMBASE_LIBRARIES})
 
 if (USE_EXTERNAL_PUGIXML)