diff --git a/gmp-mparam.h b/gmp-mparam.h
index 906e194..3f63c45 100644
--- a/gmp-mparam.h
+++ b/gmp-mparam.h
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ MA 02111-1307, USA. */
 #include "gmp-mparam-alpha.h"
 #elif defined(__sh__)
 #include "gmp-mparam-sh.h"
+#elif defined(__sparc__) && defined (__arch64__)
+#include "gmp-mparam-sparc64.h"
+#elif defined(__sparc__)                      
+#include "gmp-mparam-sparc.h"
 #else
 #error "The gmp-devel package is not usable with the architecture."
 #endif
diff --git a/gmp.h b/gmp.h
index e9f4eed..9a1001b 100644
--- a/gmp.h
+++ b/gmp.h
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ MA 02111-1307, USA. */
 #include "gmp-alpha.h"
 #elif defined(__sh__)
 #include "gmp-sh.h"
+#elif defined(__sparc__) && defined (__arch64__)
+#include "gmp-sparc64.h"
+#elif defined(__sparc__)
+#include "gmp-sparc.h"
 #else
 #error "The gmp-devel package is not usable with the architecture."
 #endif
diff --git a/gmp.spec b/gmp.spec
index 649cdb2..6cb482f 100644
--- a/gmp.spec
+++ b/gmp.spec
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 Summary: A GNU arbitrary precision library
 Name: gmp
 Version: 4.2.2
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
 URL: http://gmplib.org/
 Source0: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gmp/gmp-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source2: gmp.h
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ exit 0
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Apr 24 2008 Tom "spot" Callaway <tcallawa@redhat.com> 4.2.2-8
+- add sparc/sparc64 support
+
 * Wed Mar 19 2008 Ivana Varekova <varekova@redhat.com> 4.2.2-7
 - add superH support (#437688)