diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bd6ebfd7f..b7750b3f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ edition = "2018"
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = []
+use-atomic-polyfill = ["atomic-polyfill"]
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.60", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
+atomic-polyfill = { version = "1.0.1", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_test = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/loom.rs b/src/loom.rs
index 9e6b2d5e2..79ca4ceae 100644
--- a/src/loom.rs
+++ b/src/loom.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #[cfg(not(all(test, loom)))]
 pub(crate) mod sync {
     pub(crate) mod atomic {
+        #[cfg(not(feature = "use-atomic-polyfill"))]
         pub(crate) use core::sync::atomic::{AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
 
+        #[cfg(feature = "use-atomic-polyfill")]
+        pub(crate) use atomic_polyfill::{AtomicPtr, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+
         pub(crate) trait AtomicMut<T> {
             fn with_mut<F, R>(&mut self, f: F) -> R
             where