diff --git a/doc/HACKS b/doc/HACKS
index 84edbbe6d64f..2f63a28b2036 100644
--- a/doc/HACKS
+++ b/doc/HACKS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.47 2005/05/18 13:58:10 chs Exp $
+# $NetBSD: HACKS,v 1.48 2005/05/26 18:33:36 he Exp $
 #
 # This file is intended to document workarounds for currently unsolved
 # (mostly) compiler bugs.
@@ -386,6 +386,14 @@ port	sh5
 		Drop to -O1 for now when building for sh5.
 	kcah
 
+	hack	gcc 3.3.3 nb3 on sh5 - ICE compiling bsd-comp.c
+	cdate	Thu May 25 23:05:20 UTC 2005
+	who	he
+	file	sys/lkm/net/bsdcomp/Makefile : 1.3
+	descr
+		Gcc3 for sh5 gets an ICE compiling this at -O2,
+		"could not split insn".  Drop to -O1 for sh5.
+	kcah
 
 port	sun2
 
diff --git a/sys/lkm/net/bsdcomp/Makefile b/sys/lkm/net/bsdcomp/Makefile
index 1060598b67f8..77fb5355588a 100644
--- a/sys/lkm/net/bsdcomp/Makefile
+++ b/sys/lkm/net/bsdcomp/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2004/06/30 02:58:24 jmc Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.3 2005/05/26 18:33:36 he Exp $
 
 .include "../Makefile.inc"
 
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ MKMAN=	no
 KMOD=	bsdcomp
 SRCS=	lkminit_bsdcomp.c bsd-comp.c
 
+.if ${MACHINE_CPU} == "sh5"
+COPTS.bsd-comp.c=	-O1
+.endif
+
 .include <bsd.kmod.mk>