diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 51f8bcc..f680b69 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # default parameters
 prefix="/usr/local"
-interp_prefix="/usr/gnemul/qemu-i386"
+interp_prefix="/usr/gnemul/qemu-%M"
 static="no"
 cross_prefix=""
 cc="gcc"
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 make="make"
 strip="strip"
 cpu=`uname -m`
-target_list="i386 i386-softmmu arm"
+target_list="i386 i386-softmmu arm sparc"
 case "$cpu" in
   i386|i486|i586|i686|i86pc|BePC)
     cpu="i386"
@@ -193,7 +193,8 @@
 echo "Standard options:"
 echo "  --help                   print this message"
 echo "  --prefix=PREFIX          install in PREFIX [$prefix]"
-echo "  --interp-prefix=PREFIX   where to find shared libraries, etc. [$interp_prefix]"
+echo "  --interp-prefix=PREFIX   where to find shared libraries, etc."
+echo "                           use %M for cpu name [$interp_prefix]"
 echo "  --target-list=LIST       set target list [$target_list]"
 echo ""
 echo "Advanced options (experts only):"
@@ -310,6 +311,7 @@
 config_h=$target_dir/config.h
 target_cpu=`echo $target | cut -d '-' -f 1`
 target_bigendian="no"
+[ "$target_cpu" = "sparc" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 target_softmmu="no"
 if expr $target : '.*-softmmu' > /dev/null ; then
   target_softmmu="yes"
@@ -326,7 +328,9 @@
 
 echo "include ../config-host.mak" >> $config_mak
 echo "#include \"../config-host.h\"" >> $config_h
-echo "#define CONFIG_QEMU_PREFIX \"$interp_prefix\"" >> $config_h
+
+interp_prefix1=`echo "$interp_prefix" | sed "s/%M/$target_cpu/g"`
+echo "#define CONFIG_QEMU_PREFIX \"$interp_prefix1\"" >> $config_h
 
 if test "$target_cpu" = "i386" ; then
   echo "TARGET_ARCH=i386" >> $config_mak
@@ -336,6 +340,10 @@
   echo "TARGET_ARCH=arm" >> $config_mak
   echo "#define TARGET_ARCH \"arm\"" >> $config_h
   echo "#define TARGET_ARM 1" >> $config_h
+elif test "$target_cpu" = "sparc" ; then
+  echo "TARGET_ARCH=sparc" >> $config_mak
+  echo "#define TARGET_ARCH \"sparc\"" >> $config_h
+  echo "#define TARGET_SPARC 1" >> $config_h
 else
   echo "Unsupported target CPU"
   exit 1