diff --git a/openssl-allow-arch.diff b/openssl-allow-arch.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20533c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openssl-allow-arch.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+ Configure |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: openssl-0.9.8k/Configure
+===================================================================
+--- openssl-0.9.8k.orig/Configure
++++ openssl-0.9.8k/Configure
+@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ PROCESS_ARGS:
+ 			}
+ 		else
+ 			{
+-			die "target already defined - $target (offending arg: $_)\n" if ($target ne "");
++			warn "target already defined - $target (offending arg: $_)\n" if ($target ne "");
+ 			$target=$_;
+ 			}
+ 
diff --git a/openssl.changes b/openssl.changes
index 8523929..3ddf680 100644
--- a/openssl.changes
+++ b/openssl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Feb  5 01:24:55 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
+
+- build openssl for sparc64
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Dec 14 16:11:11 CET 2009 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/openssl.spec b/openssl.spec
index f1087fe..48b18ff 100644
--- a/openssl.spec
+++ b/openssl.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Obsoletes:      openssl-64bit
 %endif
 #
 Version:        0.9.8k
-Release:        4
+Release:        5
 Summary:        Secure Sockets and Transport Layer Security
 Url:            http://www.openssl.org/
 Source:         http://www.%{name}.org/source/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Patch8:         func-parm-err.patch
 Patch9:         disable-optimization-for-s390x.diff
 %endif
 Patch10:        bug-526319_openssl-0.9.8k-no-extssl.patch
+Patch11:        openssl-allow-arch.diff
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
 
 %description
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ Authors:
 %patch9 
 %endif
 %patch10 -p1 
+%patch -P 11 -p1
 cp -p %{S:10} .
 # lib64 installation fixes
 for i in Makefile.org engines/Makefile; do
@@ -264,7 +266,12 @@ $RPM_OPT_FLAGS \
 #	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd` make rehash
 #	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd` make test
 #%else
-	./config $config_flags
+	./config \
+%ifarch sparc64
+# OpenSSL relies on uname -m (not good). Thus this hack.
+		linux64-sparcv9 \
+%endif
+		$config_flags
 	make depend
 	make
 	LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd` make rehash