diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 08cfa256d09..a26bad21fdb 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-01-03  Jeff Sturm  <jsturm@one-point.com>
+
+	* configure.host (sparc*-*): Enable bytecode interpreter.
+
 2003-01-03  Dhek Bhun Kho  <bhun@chello.nl>
 
 	* gnu/java/rmi/server/UnicastServerRef.java (unexportObject):
diff --git a/libjava/configure.host b/libjava/configure.host
index 8f3f3bb9ad2..5ca420b2448 100644
--- a/libjava/configure.host
+++ b/libjava/configure.host
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ case "${host}" in
 	libgcj_interpreter=yes
 	enable_hash_synchronization_default=yes
 	;;
-  sparc-*)
+  sparc*-*)
+	libgcj_interpreter=yes
         ;;
   ia64-*)
 	sysdeps_dir=ia64