diff --git a/src/code/sparc-svr4-vm.lisp b/src/code/sparc-svr4-vm.lisp
index 5c92b9641700c8dbca8f4518428f7fd3e56539f8..1368fb2603d43ea3fb888725a6bdfa0212018717 100644
--- a/src/code/sparc-svr4-vm.lisp
+++ b/src/code/sparc-svr4-vm.lisp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@
 (pushnew :sparc *features*)
 (pushnew :sun4 *features*)
 (pushnew :svr4 *features*)
+(sys:register-lisp-feature :elf)
 ;; There's SVR4 by Sun called Solaris 2, there's the SVR4 reference port by
 ;; ICL that runs on ICL's own DRS 6000s.
 #+sunos