diff --git a/architecture/sparc/config.in b/architecture/sparc/config.in
index a6f2b14fd..236c905e1 100644
--- a/architecture/sparc/config.in
+++ b/architecture/sparc/config.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ fi
 # Enable cross compiler if a 64bit kernel is requested
 if [ "$ROCKCFG_SPARC_64BIT_KERNEL" = 1 ] ; then
   ROCKCFGSET_PKG_CROSSCC=1
-  ROCKCFGSET_PKG_CROSSCC_ARCH_TARGET="sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+  ROCKCFGSET_PKG_CROSSCC_ARCH_TARGET="sparc64-linux-gnu"
 fi 
 
 # Now the optimisations that result from the options above
diff --git a/package/base/gcc3-cross/config-300.in b/package/base/gcc3-cross/config-300.in
index e6a502e3a..040a25d24 100644
--- a/package/base/gcc3-cross/config-300.in
+++ b/package/base/gcc3-cross/config-300.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ menu_begin MENU_PKG_CROSSCC 'Cross Compiler Options'
 	if [ "$ROCKCFG_PKG_CROSSCC" = 1 ] ; then
 		pkgenable linux24-header-cross glibc23-cross binutils-cross gcc3-cross
 		text 'Target architecture' ROCKCFG_PKG_CROSSCC_ARCH_TARGET \
-                                           'sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu'
+                                           'arm-linux-gnu'
 	fi
 
 menu_end
diff --git a/package/base/linux24/lx_config.sh b/package/base/linux24/lx_config.sh
index fd296dccd..d721a19a4 100644
--- a/package/base/linux24/lx_config.sh
+++ b/package/base/linux24/lx_config.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ treever=${pkg/linux/} ; treever=${treever/-*/}
 archdir="$base/download/$repository/linux$treever"
 srctar="linux-${vanilla_ver}.tar.bz2"
 
+[ $arch = sparc -a "$ROCKCFG_SPARC_64BIT_KERNEL" = 1 ] && \
+	archprefix=sparc64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
 lx_cpu=`echo "$arch_machine" | sed -e s/x86/i386/ \
   -e s/i.86/i386/ -e s/powerpc/ppc/`