diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 2a140cbf03..da88c3b86a 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-11-16  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>
+
+	* config/tc-sparc.c (md_apply_fix): Handle BFD_RELOC_8.
+
 2011-11-16  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* config/tc-mips.c (macro): Fix unsupported opcode message
diff --git a/gas/config/tc-sparc.c b/gas/config/tc-sparc.c
index 77fda56b8a..f453733067 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-sparc.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-sparc.c
@@ -3193,8 +3193,12 @@ md_apply_fix (fixS *fixP, valueT *valP, segT segment ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
   /* If this is a data relocation, just output VAL.  */
 
-  if (fixP->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_16
-      || fixP->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_SPARC_UA16)
+  if (fixP->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_8)
+    {
+      md_number_to_chars (buf, val, 1);
+    }
+  else if (fixP->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_16
+	   || fixP->fx_r_type == BFD_RELOC_SPARC_UA16)
     {
       md_number_to_chars (buf, val, 2);
     }