diff --git a/ld/config/coff-sparc.mt b/ld/config/coff-sparc.mt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ba441f309b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/config/coff-sparc.mt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+EMUL=coff_sparc
diff --git a/ld/emulparams/coff_sparc.sh b/ld/emulparams/coff_sparc.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91e5410e7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ld/emulparams/coff_sparc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SCRIPT_NAME=sparccoff
+OUTPUT_FORMAT="coff-sparc"
+# following are dubious (borrowed from sparc lynx)
+PAGE_SIZE=0x1000
+TEXT_START_ADDR=0
+NONPAGED_TEXT_START_ADDR=0x1000
+ARCH=sparc