diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
index 3e9e5f082..b56a7c3cc 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
@@ -518,12 +518,19 @@ list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES OpenVDB_LIBRARY_DIRS)
 
 foreach(COMPONENT ${OpenVDB_FIND_COMPONENTS})
   if(NOT TARGET OpenVDB::${COMPONENT})
+    if (${COMPONENT} STREQUAL openvdb)
+      include (${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CheckAtomic.cmake)
+      set(_LINK_LIBS _OPENVDB_VISIBLE_DEPENDENCIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES})
+    else ()
+      set(_LINK_LIBS _OPENVDB_VISIBLE_DEPENDENCIES)
+    endif ()
+
     add_library(OpenVDB::${COMPONENT} UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
     set_target_properties(OpenVDB::${COMPONENT} PROPERTIES
       INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS "${OpenVDB_DEFINITIONS}"
       INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${OpenVDB_INCLUDE_DIR}"
       IMPORTED_LINK_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES "${_OPENVDB_HIDDEN_DEPENDENCIES}" # non visible deps
-      INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${_OPENVDB_VISIBLE_DEPENDENCIES}" # visible deps (headers)
+      INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${_LINK_LIBS}" # visible deps (headers)
       INTERFACE_COMPILE_FEATURES cxx_std_11
       IMPORTED_LOCATION "${OpenVDB_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY}"
    )