diff --git a/libhugetlbfs.changes b/libhugetlbfs.changes
index 11a08f8..5cfddb4 100644
--- a/libhugetlbfs.changes
+++ b/libhugetlbfs.changes
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ Tue Feb  9 09:29:27 UTC 2010 - trenn@novell.com
 
 - Removed unused files
 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb  8 22:48:44 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
+
+- add workarounds for broken Makefile logic to detect arch
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb  1 11:35:48 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/libhugetlbfs.spec b/libhugetlbfs.spec
index 57fd037..4d2e21d 100644
--- a/libhugetlbfs.spec
+++ b/libhugetlbfs.spec
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ tests=
 %ifarch ppc ppc64 %ix86 x86_64
 tests=install-tests
 %endif
-make %{my_make_flags} install $tests
+make \
+%ifarch sparc sparcv9
+	CC32="gcc" CC64="" NATIVEONLY=1 \
+%endif
+	%{my_make_flags} install $tests
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include
 cp -avL hugetlbfs.h $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include
 chmod 644 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/*.a