diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/CxxBridge/RCTMessageThread.h b/packages/react-native/React/CxxBridge/RCTMessageThread.h
index cbd85025c9f..1232a9e6bc2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/CxxBridge/RCTMessageThread.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/CxxBridge/RCTMessageThread.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #import <React/RCTJavaScriptExecutor.h>
 #import <cxxreact/MessageQueueThread.h>
+#import <atomic>
 
 namespace facebook::react {