diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index efa3ec2837..68484a83e6 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -6786,12 +6786,15 @@ static int is_proc_myself(const char *filename, const char *entry)
     return 0;
 }
 
-#if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) != defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+#if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) != defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) || \
+    defined(TARGET_SPARC)
 static int is_proc(const char *filename, const char *entry)
 {
     return strcmp(filename, entry) == 0;
 }
+#endif
 
+#if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) != defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
 static int open_net_route(void *cpu_env, int fd)
 {
     FILE *fp;
@@ -6836,6 +6839,14 @@ static int open_net_route(void *cpu_env, int fd)
 }
 #endif
 
+#if defined(TARGET_SPARC)
+static int open_cpuinfo(void *cpu_env, int fd)
+{
+    dprintf(fd, "type\t\t: sun4u\n");
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 static int do_openat(void *cpu_env, int dirfd, const char *pathname, int flags, mode_t mode)
 {
     struct fake_open {
@@ -6851,6 +6862,9 @@ static int do_openat(void *cpu_env, int dirfd, const char *pathname, int flags,
         { "cmdline", open_self_cmdline, is_proc_myself },
 #if defined(HOST_WORDS_BIGENDIAN) != defined(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
         { "/proc/net/route", open_net_route, is_proc },
+#endif
+#if defined(TARGET_SPARC)
+        { "/proc/cpuinfo", open_cpuinfo, is_proc },
 #endif
         { NULL, NULL, NULL }
     };