diff --git a/hlint.spec b/hlint.spec
index fba12b2..409ea64 100644
--- a/hlint.spec
+++ b/hlint.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 Name:           %{pkg_name}
 Version:        1.8.3
-Release:        5%{?dist}
+Release:        6%{?dist}
 Summary:        %{common_summary}
 
 Group:          Development/Languages
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ License:        GPLv2
 URL:            http://hackage.haskell.org/package/%{name}
 Source0:        http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/%{name}/%{version}/%{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
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}-%{version}/hlint.1 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_mandi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Mar 10 2011 Fabio M. Di Nitto <fdinitto@redhat.com> - 1.8.3-6
+- Enable build on sparcv9
+
 * Wed Feb 09 2011 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.8.3-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_15_Mass_Rebuild