diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3f119360d1..d3559c790b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ tracing = { version = ">=0.1.40", default-features = false }
 tracing-core = { version = ">=0.1.33", default-features = false } 
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 url = { version = "2.5", default-features = false }
+portable-atomic = "1.9.0"
 
 # Aviod use of crates.io version of these crates through the tracing-opentelemetry dependencies
 [patch.crates-io]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 56491c6ac2..98bd622948 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ tokio-stream = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 http = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing = {workspace = true, optional = true}
 
+[target.'cfg(any(target_arch = "powerpc", target_arch = "mips"))'.dependencies]
+portable-atomic = {workspace = true}
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
index 6316c97b23..016ee22bba 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/internal/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ use core::fmt;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::mem::swap;
 use std::ops::{Add, AddAssign, DerefMut, Sub};
-use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI64, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
+
+#[cfg(not(any(target_arch = "mips", target_arch = "powerpc")))]
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI64, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize};
+
+#[cfg(any(target_arch = "mips", target_arch = "powerpc"))]
+use portable_atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicI64, AtomicU64, AtomicUsize};
+
 use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock, RwLock};
 
 use aggregate::{is_under_cardinality_limit, STREAM_CARDINALITY_LIMIT};
@@ -439,8 +446,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_add_and_get_u64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = u64::new_atomic_tracker(0);
-        atomic.add(15);
-        atomic.add(10);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 10);
 
         let value = atomic.get_value();
         assert_eq!(value, 25);
@@ -449,7 +456,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_reset_u64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = u64::new_atomic_tracker(0);
-        atomic.add(15);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15);
 
         let value = atomic.get_and_reset_value();
         let value2 = atomic.get_value();
@@ -478,8 +485,8 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_add_and_get_i64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = i64::new_atomic_tracker(0);
-        atomic.add(15);
-        atomic.add(-10);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, -10);
 
         let value = atomic.get_value();
         assert_eq!(value, 5);
@@ -488,7 +495,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn can_reset_i64_atomic_value() {
         let atomic = i64::new_atomic_tracker(0);
-        atomic.add(15);
+        AtomicTracker::add(&atomic, 15);
 
         let value = atomic.get_and_reset_value();
         let value2 = atomic.get_value();