diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Linux.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Linux.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Linux.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Linux.cpp
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@
     return Triple.isArch32Bit() ? "lib" : "lib64";
   }
 
-  // It happens that only x86 and PPC use the 'lib32' variant of oslibdir, and
-  // using that variant while targeting other architectures causes problems
+  // It happens that only x86, PPC and SPARC use the 'lib32' variant of oslibdir,
+  // and using that variant while targeting other architectures causes problems
   // because the libraries are laid out in shared system roots that can't cope
   // with a 'lib32' library search path being considered. So we only enable
   // them when we know we may need it.
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@
   // reasoning about oslibdir spellings with the lib dir spellings in the
   // GCCInstallationDetector, but that is a more significant refactoring.
   if (Triple.getArch() == llvm::Triple::x86 ||
-      Triple.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ppc)
+      Triple.getArch() == llvm::Triple::ppc ||
+      Triple.getArch() == llvm::Triple::sparc)
     return "lib32";
 
   if (Triple.getArch() == llvm::Triple::x86_64 &&