diff --git a/gcc/config.guess b/gcc/config.guess
index c3c4e799a6b..213b9eec16f 100755
--- a/gcc/config.guess
+++ b/gcc/config.guess
@@ -330,6 +330,9 @@ EOF
     p*:CYGWIN*:*)
 	echo powerpcle-unknown-cygwin32
 	exit 0 ;;
+    prep*:SunOS:5.*:*)
+	echo powerpcle-unknown-solaris2`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's/[^.]*//'`
+	exit 0 ;;
     *:GNU:*:*)
 	echo `echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`-unknown-gnu`echo ${UNAME_RELEASE}|sed -e 's,/.*$,,'`
 	exit 0 ;;