diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fbb6a93c99..13e040d28c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1213,12 +1213,12 @@ case "$cpu" in
            LDFLAGS="-m64 $LDFLAGS"
            ;;
     sparc)
-           LDFLAGS="-m32 $LDFLAGS"
-           CPU_CFLAGS="-m32 -mcpu=ultrasparc"
+           CPU_CFLAGS="-m32 -mv8plus -mcpu=ultrasparc"
+           LDFLAGS="-m32 -mv8plus $LDFLAGS"
            ;;
     sparc64)
-           LDFLAGS="-m64 $LDFLAGS"
            CPU_CFLAGS="-m64 -mcpu=ultrasparc"
+           LDFLAGS="-m64 $LDFLAGS"
            ;;
     s390)
            CPU_CFLAGS="-m31"