diff --git a/drivers/event/octeontx/meson.build b/drivers/event/octeontx/meson.build
index 2b74bb62de..73118a4854 100644
--- a/drivers/event/octeontx/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/octeontx/meson.build
@@ -11,3 +11,8 @@ sources = files('ssovf_worker.c',
 )
 
 deps += ['common_octeontx', 'mempool_octeontx', 'bus_vdev', 'pmd_octeontx']
+
+# for clang 32-bit compiles we need libatomic for 64-bit atomic ops
+if cc.get_id() == 'clang' and dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64') == false
+	ext_deps += cc.find_library('atomic')
+endif
diff --git a/drivers/event/opdl/meson.build b/drivers/event/opdl/meson.build
index cc6029c6f0..1fe034ea12 100644
--- a/drivers/event/opdl/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/event/opdl/meson.build
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@ sources = files(
 	'opdl_test.c',
 )
 deps += ['bus_vdev']
+
+# for clang 32-bit compiles we need libatomic for 64-bit atomic ops
+if cc.get_id() == 'clang' and dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64') == false
+	ext_deps += cc.find_library('atomic')
+endif
diff --git a/lib/librte_rcu/meson.build b/lib/librte_rcu/meson.build
index 0c2d5a2e08..62920ba02c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_rcu/meson.build
+++ b/lib/librte_rcu/meson.build
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@ allow_experimental_apis = true
 
 sources = files('rte_rcu_qsbr.c')
 headers = files('rte_rcu_qsbr.h')
+
+# for clang 32-bit compiles we need libatomic for 64-bit atomic ops
+if cc.get_id() == 'clang' and dpdk_conf.get('RTE_ARCH_64') == false
+	ext_deps += cc.find_library('atomic')
+endif