diff --git a/config/arch/sparc.in b/config/arch/sparc.in
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+# SPARC specific config options
+
+config ARCH_sparc
+    select ARCH_SUPPORTS_32
+    select ARCH_SUPPORTS_64
+    select ARCH_DEFAULT_32
+    select ARCH_USE_MMU
+    select ARCH_SUPPORT_CPU
+    select ARCH_SUPPORT_TUNE
+    help
+      The SUN SPARC architecture, as defined by:
+        32 bit: http://www.sparc.org/standards/V8.pdf
+        64 bit: http://www.sparc.org/standards/SPARCV9.pdf
diff --git a/scripts/build/arch/sparc.sh b/scripts/build/arch/sparc.sh
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+# Compute sparc-specific values
+CT_DoArchTupleValues() {
+    # That's the only thing to override
+    if [ "${CT_ARCH_64}" = "y" ]; then
+        CT_TARGET_ARCH="${CT_ARCH}64"
+    fi
+
+}