diff --git a/subversion.spec b/subversion.spec
index 84441df..ef0de7a 100644
--- a/subversion.spec
+++ b/subversion.spec
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 Summary: A Modern Concurrent Version Control System
 Name: subversion
 Version: 1.5.6
-Release: 3
+Release: 4
 License: ASL 1.1
 Group: Development/Tools
 URL: http://subversion.tigris.org/
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ This package includes the Ruby bindings to the Subversion libraries.
 %if %{with_java}
 %patch7 -p1 -b .java
 %endif
+%ifarch sparc64
+sed -i -e 's|-fpie|-fPIE|g' Makefile.in
+%endif
 
 %build
 # Regenerate the buildsystem, so that:
@@ -284,6 +287,9 @@ rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 12 2009 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 1.5.6-4
+- use -fPIE on sparc64
+
 * Mon Mar  9 2009 Joe Orton <jorton@redhat.com> 1.5.6-3
 - update to 1.5.6
 - autoload psvn (#238491, Tom Tromey)