diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/config.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/config.h
index fd0b551..c884b25 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/config.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/config.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2009 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
+ * Copyright 2015,
+ * Daniel Hellstrom, Cobham Gaisler, daniel@gaisler.com.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
  */
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_CONFIG_H_
 #define _ASM_CONFIG_H_
 
+#define CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_GLOBAL_DATA
 #define CONFIG_NEEDS_MANUAL_RELOC
 
 #define CONFIG_LMB