diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 0bc62aba33..1f600092b5 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 
 2008-04-16  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>
 
+	* configure.ac (FN_PTRS_IN_SO_WITHOUT_PIC): Add sparc64.
+	* configure: Rebuild.
+
 	* options.h (DEFINE_enable): New macro.
 	(new_dtags): New enable option.
 	(initfirst, interpose, loadfltr, nodefaultlib,
diff --git a/gold/configure b/gold/configure
index 6fb0c7e03e..d5d738096c 100755
--- a/gold/configure
+++ b/gold/configure
@@ -4527,6 +4527,7 @@ if
   case $target_cpu in
     i?86) true;;
     x86_64) false;;
+    sparc64) false;;
     *) true;;
   esac; then
   FN_PTRS_IN_SO_WITHOUT_PIC_TRUE=
diff --git a/gold/configure.ac b/gold/configure.ac
index 793784eac2..7e333d7013 100644
--- a/gold/configure.ac
+++ b/gold/configure.ac
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(FN_PTRS_IN_SO_WITHOUT_PIC, [
   case $target_cpu in
     i?86) true;;
     x86_64) false;;
+    sparc64) false;;
     *) true;;
   esac])