diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index feb37d1a7f..847b96de50 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ include(cmake/ccache.cmake)
 
 include(cmake/abseil-cpp.cmake)
 include(cmake/address_sorting.cmake)
+include(cmake/atomic.cmake)
 include(cmake/benchmark.cmake)
 include(cmake/cares.cmake)
 include(cmake/protobuf.cmake)
@@ -2494,6 +2495,7 @@ target_link_libraries(grpc
   ${_gRPC_ADDRESS_SORTING_LIBRARIES}
   ${_gRPC_RE2_LIBRARIES}
   ${_gRPC_UPB_LIBRARIES}
+  ${_gRPC_ATOMIC_LIBRARIES}
   ${_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES}
   absl::cleanup
   absl::flat_hash_map
diff --git a/cmake/atomic.cmake b/cmake/atomic.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8de8dcdf99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/atomic.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 2019 gRPC authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+include(CMakePushCheckState)
+
+set(ATOMIC_TEST_CXX_SOURCE "
+#include <atomic>
+#include <cstdint>
+std::atomic<std::int64_t> v;
+int main() {
+  return v;
+}")
+
+# Determine if libatomic is needed for C++ atomics.
+cmake_push_check_state(RESET)
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS -std=c++11)
+check_cxx_source_compiles("${ATOMIC_TEST_CXX_SOURCE}" HAVE_ATOMICS_WITHOUT_LIBATOMIC)
+if(NOT HAVE_ATOMICS_WITHOUT_LIBATOMIC)
+    set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES atomic)
+    check_cxx_source_compiles("${ATOMIC_TEST_CXX_SOURCE}" HAVE_ATOMICS_WITH_LIBATOMIC)
+    if(HAVE_ATOMICS_WITH_LIBATOMIC)
+        set(_gRPC_ATOMIC_LIBRARIES atomic)
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not determine support for atomic operations.")
+    endif()
+endif()
+cmake_pop_check_state()
diff --git a/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template b/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
index 7be9b0a2ae..bd9093ce0c 100644
--- a/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
+++ b/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@
       deps.append("${_gRPC_ADDRESS_SORTING_LIBRARIES}")
       deps.append("${_gRPC_RE2_LIBRARIES}")
       deps.append("${_gRPC_UPB_LIBRARIES}")
+    if target_dict['name'] == 'grpc':
+      deps.append("${_gRPC_ATOMIC_LIBRARIES}")
     if target_dict['name'] in ['grpc_authorization_provider']:
       deps.append("${_gRPC_RE2_LIBRARIES}")
     deps.append("${_gRPC_ALLTARGETS_LIBRARIES}")
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@
 
   include(cmake/abseil-cpp.cmake)
   include(cmake/address_sorting.cmake)
+  include(cmake/atomic.cmake)
   include(cmake/benchmark.cmake)
   include(cmake/cares.cmake)
   include(cmake/protobuf.cmake)