diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2a9faed6a3..76ebd99e84 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+1999-01-31  Philip Blundell  <philb@gnu.org>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/vfork.S: If the kernel
+	doesn't have vfork, resort to using fork.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/vfork.S: Likewise.
+
 1999-01-30  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/__longjmp.S: Include bits/setjmp.h not
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/vfork.S
index 898230cb42..feed06f225 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/vfork.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/vfork.S
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
 
 #include <sysdep.h>
 
+#ifdef __NR_vfork
 PSEUDO (__vfork, vfork, 0)
+#else
+PSEUDO (__vfork, fork, 0)
+#endif
 	sub	%o1, 1, %o1
 	retl
 	 and	%o0, %o1, %o0
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/vfork.S b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/vfork.S
index 898230cb42..feed06f225 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/vfork.S
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc64/vfork.S
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
 
 #include <sysdep.h>
 
+#ifdef __NR_vfork
 PSEUDO (__vfork, vfork, 0)
+#else
+PSEUDO (__vfork, fork, 0)
+#endif
 	sub	%o1, 1, %o1
 	retl
 	 and	%o0, %o1, %o0