diff --git a/dev-ros/realtime_tools/files/atomic.patch b/dev-ros/realtime_tools/files/atomic.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0440900b9c322
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-ros/realtime_tools/files/atomic.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: realtime_tools-1.16.0/include/realtime_tools/realtime_publisher.h
+===================================================================
+--- realtime_tools-1.16.0.orig/include/realtime_tools/realtime_publisher.h
++++ realtime_tools-1.16.0/include/realtime_tools/realtime_publisher.h
+@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
+ #include <memory>
+ #include <mutex>
+ #include <thread>
++#include <atomic>
+ 
+ namespace realtime_tools {
+ 
diff --git a/dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-1.16.0.ebuild b/dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-1.16.0-r1.ebuild
similarity index 93%
rename from dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-1.16.0.ebuild
rename to dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-1.16.0-r1.ebuild
index 1b5b4ee0cbeea..c76733870b90b 100644
--- a/dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-1.16.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-1.16.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		dev-ros/actionlib
 	)
 "
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/atomic.patch" )
diff --git a/dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-9999.ebuild b/dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-9999.ebuild
index 1b5b4ee0cbeea..c76733870b90b 100644
--- a/dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-ros/realtime_tools/realtime_tools-9999.ebuild
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 		dev-ros/actionlib
 	)
 "
+PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/atomic.patch" )