diff --git a/cmake/Config.cmake.in b/cmake/Config.cmake.in
index 2310acf0..edff7d14 100644
--- a/cmake/Config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/Config.cmake.in
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ if ("Bin" IN_LIST ${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}_FIND_COMPONENTS)
 endif()
 
 if ("Lib" IN_LIST ${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}_FIND_COMPONENTS)
+  # Setting FOUND_LIBATOMIC is needed on debian & ubuntu systems to work around bug in
+  # their capnproto packages. See compat_find.cmake for a more complete explanation.
+  set(FOUND_LIBATOMIC TRUE)
   include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
   find_dependency(CapnProto)
 endif()