diff --git a/elfutils.changes b/elfutils.changes
index 88ccc67..18aad5d 100644
--- a/elfutils.changes
+++ b/elfutils.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Mar 22 17:19:48 UTC 2014 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- SPARC build requires the large PIC model (or else build fails)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jan 28 19:22:04 UTC 2014 - tonyj@suse.com
 
diff --git a/elfutils.spec b/elfutils.spec
index 98bae12..ec63ad4 100644
--- a/elfutils.spec
+++ b/elfutils.spec
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ modified="$(sed -n '/^----/n;s/ - .*$//;p;q' "%{_sourcedir}/%{name}.changes")"
 DATE="\"$(date -d "${modified}" "+%%b %%e %%Y")\""
 TIME="\"$(date -d "${modified}" "+%%R")\""
 find . -type f -regex ".*\.c\|.*\.cpp\|.*\.h" -exec sed -i "s/__DATE__/${DATE}/g;s/__TIME__/${TIME}/g" {} +
+%ifarch %sparc
+# Small PIC model not sufficient
+export CFLAGS="%optflags -fPIC"
+%endif
 %configure --program-prefix=eu-
 make %{?_smp_mflags}