diff --git a/scwx-qt/scwx-qt.cmake b/scwx-qt/scwx-qt.cmake
index 674bc661..89b31011 100644
--- a/scwx-qt/scwx-qt.cmake
+++ b/scwx-qt/scwx-qt.cmake
@@ -686,11 +686,6 @@ else()
     target_compile_options(supercell-wx PRIVATE "$<$<CONFIG:Release>:-g>")
 endif()
 
-# link atomic only for Linux
-if (!MSVC)
-    target_link_libraries(scwx-qt PUBLIC atomic)
-endif()
-
 target_link_libraries(scwx-qt PUBLIC Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets
                                      Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::OpenGLWidgets
                                      Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Multimedia
@@ -699,6 +694,7 @@ target_link_libraries(scwx-qt PUBLIC Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets
                                      Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Svg
                                      Boost::json
                                      Boost::timer
+                                     Boost::atomic
                                      QMapLibre::Core
                                      $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:opengl32>
                                      $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:SetupAPI>
diff --git a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.cpp b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.cpp
index 929229e2..39b9fb9d 100644
--- a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.cpp
+++ b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.hpp>
 
-#include <atomic>
+#include <boost/atomic/atomic.hpp>
 
 namespace scwx::qt::util
 {
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ class QueueCounter::Impl
 public:
    explicit Impl(size_t maxCount) : maxCount_ {maxCount} {}
 
-   const size_t        maxCount_;
-   std::atomic<size_t> count_ {0};
+   const size_t          maxCount_;
+   boost::atomic<size_t> count_ {0};
 };
 
 QueueCounter::QueueCounter(size_t maxCount) :
diff --git a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.hpp b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.hpp
index c540ec63..471bd645 100644
--- a/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.hpp
+++ b/scwx-qt/source/scwx/qt/util/queue_counter.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <memory>
-#include <atomic>
+#include <boost/atomic/atomic.hpp>
 
 namespace scwx::qt::util
 {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public:
     * otherwise
     */
    static constexpr bool is_always_lock_free =
-      std::atomic<size_t>::is_always_lock_free;
+      boost::atomic<size_t>::is_always_lock_free;
 
 private:
    class Impl;