diff --git a/nwchem-cross/Dockerfile b/nwchem-cross/Dockerfile
index da82422..0eff593 100644
--- a/nwchem-cross/Dockerfile
+++ b/nwchem-cross/Dockerfile
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ ARG CACHE_HIT
 COPY --from=relink /tmp/nwchem.tar.xz /tmp/nwchem.tar.xz
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 
-RUN apt-get update -q=2 && apt  install -y -q=2  binutils bzip2 xz-utils  \
+RUN apt-get update -q=2 && apt  install -y -q=2 libatomic1  binutils bzip2 xz-utils  \
 	     libgfortran5 libpython3.10  libgomp1 libgcc-s1 \
 &&           groupadd -r nwchem -g 1994 \
               && useradd  -u 1994 -r -g nwchem -c 'NWChem user' -M -d /opt/nwchem -s /bin/bash nwchem \