  We discuss the experimental reach of the Frascati PADME experiment in
searching for new light bosons via their resonant production in positron
annihilation on fixed target atomic electrons. A scan in the mass range around
17 MeV will thoroughly probe the particle physics interpretation of the anomaly
observed by the ATOMKI nuclear physics experiment. In particular, for the case
of a spin-1 boson, the viable parameter space can be fully covered in a few
months of data taking.
