diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3727fac8dd..2046f74e93 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1988,7 +1988,7 @@ EOF
     _target_arch='ARCH_SPARC = yes'
     _vis='yes'
     iproc='sparc'
-    proc='v9'
+    proc='ultrasparc'
     _march=''
     _mcpu="-mcpu=$proc"
     _optimizing="$proc"