diff --git a/src/atomicvar.h b/src/atomicvar.h
index 9b5628ad..84a5bbc5 100644
--- a/src/atomicvar.h
+++ b/src/atomicvar.h
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@
 #ifndef __ATOMIC_VAR_H
 #define __ATOMIC_VAR_H
 
-#if defined(__ATOMIC_RELAXED) && !defined(__sun) && (!defined(__clang__) || !defined(__APPLE__) || __apple_build_version__ > 4210057)
+/* To test Redis with Helgrind (a Valgrind tool) it is useful to define
+ * the following macro, so that __sync macros are used: those can be detected
+ * by Helgrind (even if they are less efficient) so that no false positive
+ * is reported. */
+// #define __ATOMIC_VAR_FORCE_SYNC_MACROS
+
+#if !defined(__ATOMIC_VAR_FORCE_SYNC_MACROS) && defined(__ATOMIC_RELAXED) && !defined(__sun) && (!defined(__clang__) || !defined(__APPLE__) || __apple_build_version__ > 4210057)
 /* Implementation using __atomic macros. */
 
 #define atomicIncr(var,count) __atomic_add_fetch(&var,(count),__ATOMIC_RELAXED)
@@ -74,6 +80,7 @@
     dstvar = __atomic_load_n(&var,__ATOMIC_RELAXED); \
 } while(0)
 #define atomicSet(var,value) __atomic_store_n(&var,value,__ATOMIC_RELAXED)
+#define REDIS_ATOMIC_API "atomic-builtin"
 
 #elif defined(HAVE_ATOMIC)
 /* Implementation using __sync macros. */
@@ -89,6 +96,7 @@
 #define atomicSet(var,value) do { \
     while(!__sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&var,var,value)); \
 } while(0)
+#define REDIS_ATOMIC_API "sync-builtin"
 
 #else
 /* Implementation using pthread mutex. */
@@ -98,31 +106,28 @@
     var += (count); \
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&var ## _mutex); \
 } while(0)
-
 #define atomicGetIncr(var,oldvalue_var,count) do { \
     pthread_mutex_lock(&var ## _mutex); \
     oldvalue_var = var; \
     var += (count); \
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&var ## _mutex); \
 } while(0)
-
 #define atomicDecr(var,count) do { \
     pthread_mutex_lock(&var ## _mutex); \
     var -= (count); \
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&var ## _mutex); \
 } while(0)
-
 #define atomicGet(var,dstvar) do { \
     pthread_mutex_lock(&var ## _mutex); \
     dstvar = var; \
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&var ## _mutex); \
 } while(0)
-
 #define atomicSet(var,value) do { \
     pthread_mutex_lock(&var ## _mutex); \
     var = value; \
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&var ## _mutex); \
 } while(0)
-#endif
+#define REDIS_ATOMIC_API "pthread-mutex"
 
+#endif
 #endif /* __ATOMIC_VAR_H */
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index 0ef3168f..75268b8a 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -2827,6 +2827,7 @@ sds genRedisInfoString(char *section) {
             "os:%s %s %s\r\n"
             "arch_bits:%d\r\n"
             "multiplexing_api:%s\r\n"
+            "atomicvar_api:%s\r\n"
             "gcc_version:%d.%d.%d\r\n"
             "process_id:%ld\r\n"
             "run_id:%s\r\n"
@@ -2845,6 +2846,7 @@ sds genRedisInfoString(char *section) {
             name.sysname, name.release, name.machine,
             server.arch_bits,
             aeGetApiName(),
+            REDIS_ATOMIC_API,
 #ifdef __GNUC__
             __GNUC__,__GNUC_MINOR__,__GNUC_PATCHLEVEL__,
 #else