diff --git a/initscripts-8.67-sparc-console.patch b/initscripts-8.67-sparc-console.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b0d66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/initscripts-8.67-sparc-console.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- initscripts-8.67/src/console_check.c.BAD	2008-03-25 09:26:45.000000000 -0500
++++ initscripts-8.67/src/console_check.c	2008-03-25 09:29:08.000000000 -0500
+@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@
+ 	{0, 0}
+ };
+ 
++#if defined(__sparc__)
++static int termcmp(struct termios *a, struct termios *b) 
++{
++        if (a->c_iflag != b->c_iflag || a->c_oflag != b->c_oflag ||
++            a->c_cflag != b->c_cflag || a->c_lflag != b->c_lflag)
++                return 1;
++        return memcmp(a->c_cc, b->c_cc, sizeof(a->c_cc));
++}
++#else
+ int termcmp(struct termios *a, struct termios *b) {
+ 	if (a->c_iflag != b->c_iflag || a->c_oflag != b->c_oflag ||
+ 	    a->c_cflag != b->c_cflag || a->c_lflag != b->c_lflag ||
+@@ -55,6 +64,7 @@
+ 		return 1;
+ 	return memcmp(a->c_cc, b->c_cc, sizeof(a->c_cc));
+ }       
++#endif
+ 
+ int get_serial_speed(int fd) {
+ 	struct termios mode;
diff --git a/initscripts.spec b/initscripts.spec
index 08de49a..ec58011 100644
--- a/initscripts.spec
+++ b/initscripts.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ Version: 8.67
 # ppp-watch is GPLv2+, everything else is GPLv2
 License: GPLv2 and GPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Base
-Release: 1
+Release: 2
 Source: initscripts-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:   initscripts-8.67-sparc-console.patch
+
 BuildRoot: /%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root
 Requires: mingetty, /bin/awk, /bin/sed, mktemp, e2fsprogs >= 1.15
 Requires: /sbin/sysctl, syslog
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ deactivate most network interfaces.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 
 
 %build
 make
@@ -216,6 +219,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %ghost %attr(0664,root,utmp) /var/run/utmp
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Mar 25 2008 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us> - 8.67-2
+- apply patch for sparc console
+
 * Tue Mar 11 2008 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> - 8.67-1
 - actually, don't