diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4a733e6dc24..8fb5aeb140b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ case "${canonical}" in
       mipsel-*-netbsd*)	machine=pmax ;;
       ns32k-*-netbsd*)	machine=ns32000 ;;
       powerpc-*-netbsd*) machine=macppc ;;
-      sparc-*-netbsd*)	machine=sparc ;;
+      sparc*-*-netbsd*)	machine=sparc ;;
       vax-*-netbsd*)	machine=vax ;;
       arm-*-netbsd*)	machine=arm ;;
     esac