diff --git a/sim/.Sanitize b/sim/.Sanitize
index 6c39ef092d..b226ebf2cf 100644
--- a/sim/.Sanitize
+++ b/sim/.Sanitize
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ d30v
 erc32
 h8300
 h8500
+i960
 igen
 m32r
 mips
diff --git a/sim/configure.in b/sim/configure.in
index e094487f9d..7b40a250bd 100644
--- a/sim/configure.in
+++ b/sim/configure.in
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ case "${target}" in
   fr30-*-*)		sim_target=fr30 ;;
   h8300*-*-*)		sim_target=h8300 ;;
   h8500-*-*)		sim_target=h8500 ;;
+  i960-*-*)		sim_target=i960 ;;
   m32r-*-*)		sim_target=m32r ;;
   mips*-*-*)
 	# The MIPS simulator can only be compiled by gcc.