diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 65bd8a68..c041420c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         target:
           - armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
+          - mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu
           - powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ef6e6b91..a9fe5edd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/prometheus-client"
 members = ["derive-text-encode"]
 
 [dependencies]
+atomic-shim = "0.2"
 dtoa = "1.0"
 itoa = "1.0"
 owning_ref = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/metrics/counter.rs b/src/metrics/counter.rs
index fac0c309..da91ab88 100644
--- a/src/metrics/counter.rs
+++ b/src/metrics/counter.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 //! See [`Counter`] for details.
 
 use super::{MetricType, TypedMetric};
+use atomic_shim::AtomicU64;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 /// Open Metrics [`Counter`] to measure discrete events.
diff --git a/src/metrics/exemplar.rs b/src/metrics/exemplar.rs
index 90bb9fde..6bdedc93 100644
--- a/src/metrics/exemplar.rs
+++ b/src/metrics/exemplar.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 use super::counter::{self, Counter};
 use super::histogram::Histogram;
+use atomic_shim::AtomicU64;
 use owning_ref::OwningRef;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::sync::atomic::AtomicU64;
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock, RwLockReadGuard};
 
 pub struct Exemplar<S, V> {
diff --git a/src/metrics/gauge.rs b/src/metrics/gauge.rs
index b36fbeb0..5f3edf3e 100644
--- a/src/metrics/gauge.rs
+++ b/src/metrics/gauge.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 //! See [`Gauge`] for details.
 
 use super::{MetricType, TypedMetric};
+use atomic_shim::AtomicU64;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, AtomicU64, Ordering};
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU32, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 /// Open Metrics [`Gauge`] to record current measurements.