diff --git a/include/qemu/osdep.h b/include/qemu/osdep.h
index e8568a0a54..adb3758275 100644
--- a/include/qemu/osdep.h
+++ b/include/qemu/osdep.h
@@ -365,6 +365,9 @@ void qemu_anon_ram_free(void *ptr, size_t size);
 #elif defined(__linux__) && defined(__s390x__)
    /* Use 1 MiB (segment size) alignment so gmap can be used by KVM. */
 #  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN (256 * 4096)
+#elif defined(__linux__) && defined(__sparc__)
+#include <sys/shm.h>
+#  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN MAX(getpagesize(), SHMLBA)
 #else
 #  define QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN getpagesize()
 #endif
diff --git a/util/mmap-alloc.c b/util/mmap-alloc.c
index 3ec029a9ea..2fd8cbcc6f 100644
--- a/util/mmap-alloc.c
+++ b/util/mmap-alloc.c
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ size_t qemu_fd_getpagesize(int fd)
             return fs.f_bsize;
         }
     }
+#ifdef __sparc__
+    /* SPARC Linux needs greater alignment than the pagesize */
+    return QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN;
+#endif
 #endif
 
     return getpagesize();
@@ -60,6 +64,10 @@ size_t qemu_mempath_getpagesize(const char *mem_path)
         /* It's hugepage, return the huge page size */
         return fs.f_bsize;
     }
+#ifdef __sparc__
+    /* SPARC Linux needs greater alignment than the pagesize */
+    return QEMU_VMALLOC_ALIGN;
+#endif
 #endif
 
     return getpagesize();