diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index fd6722081d8..0555b29f97d 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2020-01-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.tgt: Add sparc-*-freebsd case.
+
 2020-01-14  Lili Cui <lili.cui@intel.com>
 
 	* testsuite/gas/i386/align-branch-1a.d: Updated for Darwin.
diff --git a/gas/configure.tgt b/gas/configure.tgt
index 85c9d1fc226..37224c5144b 100644
--- a/gas/configure.tgt
+++ b/gas/configure.tgt
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ case ${generic_target} in
 
   sparc-*-linux-*)			fmt=elf em=linux ;;
   sparc-*-solaris*)			fmt=elf em=solaris ;;
+  sparc-*-freebsd*)			fmt=elf em=freebsd ;;
   sparc-*-*bsd*)			fmt=elf em=nbsd ;;
 
   spu-*-elf)				fmt=elf ;;