diff --git a/debian/arch/sparc/Makefile.inc b/debian/arch/sparc/Makefile.inc
index edb73d57b..1cec6b108 100644
--- a/debian/arch/sparc/Makefile.inc
+++ b/debian/arch/sparc/Makefile.inc
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ image_postproc = strip -R .comment -R .note -K sun4u_init -K _end -K _start arch
 image_prefix_flavours := sparc32 sparc32-smp
 image_prefix := sparc32
 default_config := sparc64
+build_makeflags := 'CC=gcc-3.3'