diff --git a/bitcoin/build.rs b/bitcoin/build.rs
index d4785580..02c44a42 100644
--- a/bitcoin/build.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/build.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ fn main() {
         .parse::<u64>()
         .expect("invalid Rust minor version");
 
-    for activate_version in &[46, 53] {
+    for activate_version in &[46, 53, 60] {
         if minor >= *activate_version {
             println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=rust_v_1_{}", activate_version);
         }
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/script/mod.rs b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/script/mod.rs
index f857af8b..ca9f1a32 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/script/mod.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/script/mod.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 //! is minimal but we may extend it in the future if needed.
 
 use alloc::rc::Rc;
+#[cfg(any(not(rust_v_1_60), target_has_atomic = "ptr"))]
 use alloc::sync::Arc;
 
 use core::cmp::Ordering;
@@ -279,6 +280,9 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a Script> for Cow<'a, Script> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Note: This will fail to compile on old Rust for targets that don't support atomics
+#[cfg(any(not(rust_v_1_60), target_has_atomic = "ptr"))]
+#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(target_has_atomic = "ptr")))]
 impl<'a> From<&'a Script> for Arc<Script> {
     fn from(value: &'a Script) -> Self {
         let rw: *const [u8] = Arc::into_raw(Arc::from(&value.0));
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs b/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
index 89beca6d..c6b9bead 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
@@ -720,6 +720,9 @@ impl<T: Encodable> Encodable for rc::Rc<T> {
     }
 }
 
+/// Note: This will fail to compile on old Rust for targets that don't support atomics
+#[cfg(any(not(rust_v_1_60), target_has_atomic = "ptr"))]
+#[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(target_has_atomic = "ptr")))]
 impl<T: Encodable> Encodable for sync::Arc<T> {
     fn consensus_encode<W: io::Write + ?Sized>(&self, w: &mut W) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
         (**self).consensus_encode(w)
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
index 4e1cf8a3..c87d8365 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/lib.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ mod io_extras {
 #[rustfmt::skip]
 mod prelude {
     #[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), not(test)))]
-    pub use alloc::{string::{String, ToString}, vec::Vec, boxed::Box, borrow::{Borrow, Cow, ToOwned}, slice, rc, sync};
+    pub use alloc::{string::{String, ToString}, vec::Vec, boxed::Box, borrow::{Borrow, Cow, ToOwned}, slice, rc};
+
+    #[cfg(all(not(feature = "std"), not(test), any(not(rust_v_1_60), target_has_atomic = "ptr")))]
+    pub use alloc::sync;
 
     #[cfg(any(feature = "std", test))]
     pub use std::{string::{String, ToString}, vec::Vec, boxed::Box, borrow::{Borrow, Cow, ToOwned}, slice, rc, sync};