diff --git a/debian/arch/sparc/defines b/debian/arch/sparc/defines
index 6db8dcbfd..b788d6a80 100644
--- a/debian/arch/sparc/defines
+++ b/debian/arch/sparc/defines
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [base]
-compiler: gcc-3.3
 flavours:
  sparc64
  sparc64-smp
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 15a73d143..72dd66f41 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.14-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Fix the install-image script to correctly include all the necessary
     stuff in scripts. (Closes: #336424)
   * Enable CONFIG_SND_ALI5451 on sparc.
+  * Switch sparc to gcc-4.0. Thanks to Norbert for making sure it successfully
+    builds a working kernel now.
 
   [ Simon Horman ]
   * [386, AMD64] Set CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y instead of m.