diff --git a/arch/sparc/Makefile b/arch/sparc/Makefile
index fef28e267a52..6668e6037af6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sparc/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ CHECKFLAGS	+= -D__sparc__
 #KBUILD_CFLAGS += -g -pipe -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m32 -pipe -mno-fpu -fcall-used-g5 -fcall-used-g7
 KBUILD_AFLAGS += -m32
+CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds += -m32
 
 #LDFLAGS_vmlinux = -N -Ttext 0xf0004000
 #  Since 2.5.40, the first stage is left not btfix-ed.