diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index b5da298ba61d..2e3737b92ffc 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config M68K
 	default y
 	select HAVE_AOUT
 	select HAVE_IDE
+	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 
 config MMU
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h
index 8d29145ebb27..eab36dcacf6c 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 #else
 #include "atomic_mm.h"
 #endif
+
+#include <asm-generic/atomic64.h>