diff --git a/libexec/ld.elf_so/Makefile b/libexec/ld.elf_so/Makefile
index 36c8b405dfa9..02bb5b800b46 100644
--- a/libexec/ld.elf_so/Makefile
+++ b/libexec/ld.elf_so/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.12 1998/03/25 04:13:01 mhitch Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.13 1998/08/04 17:02:16 tv Exp $
 
 .include <bsd.own.mk>			# for OBJECT_FMT definition
 
-.if ((${OBJECT_FMT} == "ELF") && !defined(NOSHLIB))
+.if ((${OBJECT_FMT} == "ELF") && !defined(NOPIC))
 PROG=	ld.elf_so
 .endif
 
-.if (${MACHINE} == "alpha") || (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "mips") 
-
+.if (${MACHINE} == "alpha") || (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "mips") || (${MACHINE_ARCH} == "sparc")
 # Adds SRCS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS, etc.  Must go first so MD startup source
 # is first.
 .if exists(${.CURDIR}/${MACHINE_ARCH}/Makefile.inc)