diff --git a/bin/create-target.sh b/bin/create-target.sh
index 85d7bb2babd12c7d49f3432a34b88dca92b0ba5c..21b38a61e668585b5bfee7446778032c4564c710 100755
--- a/bin/create-target.sh
+++ b/bin/create-target.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ uname_m=`uname -m 2>/dev/null`
 case $lisp_variant in
     *linux*) lvshort=linux;;
     *freebsd*) lvshort=freebsd;;
-    *solaris*) lvshort=solaris;;
+    *solaris*|sparc*) lvshort=solaris;;
     *) lvshort=unknown;;
 esac