diff --git a/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/patches/patch-ab b/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/patches/patch-ab
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7f3c71c0b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/patches/patch-ab
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+$NetBSD: patch-ab,v 1.1.1.1 1999/02/03 23:01:08 mrg Exp $
+
+--- ./gas/configure.in.orig	Fri May  1 11:45:07 1998
++++ ./gas/configure.in	Mon Dec 28 17:43:29 1998
+@@ -1610,7 +1613,15 @@
+       sparc-fujitsu-none)   fmt=aout ;;
+       sparc-*-elf | sparc-*-sysv4* | sparc-*-solaris*)
+ 			    fmt=elf ;;
+-      sparc-*-netbsd*)      fmt=aout em=nbsd bfd_gas=yes ;;
++      sparc-*-netbsd*)      em=nbsd bfd_gas=yes
++			    case ${cpu} in
++				sparc) case ${os} in
++				           *elf*) fmt=elf ;;
++				           *)     fmt=aout ;;
++				       esac ;;
++				sparc64) fmt=elf ;;
++			    esac
++			    ;;
+       sparc-*-openbsd*)     fmt=aout em=nbsd bfd_gas=yes ;;
+ 
+       tic30-*-*aout*)	    fmt=aout bfd_gas=yes ;;
diff --git a/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/pkg/COMMENT b/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/pkg/COMMENT
index 2cc1b3015885..8428afbd73b1 100644
--- a/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/pkg/COMMENT
+++ b/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/pkg/COMMENT
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Cross-compile environment for NetBSD/sparc with ELF objects
+Cross-compile environment for 32-bit ELF NetBSD/sparc
diff --git a/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/pkg/DESCR b/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/pkg/DESCR
index 72a492be8274..194e5422308f 100644
--- a/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/pkg/DESCR
+++ b/cross/sparc-netbsdelf/pkg/DESCR
@@ -1 +1 @@
-This cross-compile environment is for NetBSD/sparc with ELF objects.
+This cross-compile environment is for 32-bit ELF NetBSD/sparc.