diff --git a/ghc-regex-compat.spec b/ghc-regex-compat.spec
index e91d10a..e262146 100644
--- a/ghc-regex-compat.spec
+++ b/ghc-regex-compat.spec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 Name:           ghc-%{pkg_name}
 # part of haskell-platform-2010.2.0.0
 Version:        0.93.1
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        %{common_summary}
 
 Group:          System Environment/Libraries
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ License:        BSD
 URL:            http://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{pkg_name}
 Source0:        http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/%{pkg_name}/%{version}/%{pkg_name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 # fedora ghc archs:
-ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 ppc alpha
+ExclusiveArch:  %{ix86} x86_64 ppc alpha sparcv9
 BuildRequires:  ghc, ghc-doc, ghc-prof
 BuildRequires:  ghc-rpm-macros >= 0.7.3
 BuildRequires:  hscolour
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ This package provides the shared library.
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 10 2011 Fabio M. Di Nitto <fdinitto@redhat.com> - 0.93.1-6
+- Enable build on sparcv9
+
 * Tue Feb 08 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.93.1-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild