diff --git a/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp b/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
index 532f8fd..a661dd4 100644
--- a/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
+++ b/lib/ExecutionEngine/ExecutionEngine.cpp
@@ -361,8 +361,13 @@
     } else {
       // External variable reference, try to use dlsym to get a pointer to it in
       // the LLI image.
-      if (void *SymAddr = dlsym(0, I->getName().c_str()))
+#if defined(sparc) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__sparcv9)
+      if (void *SymAddr = dlsym(RTLD_SELF, I->getName().c_str()))
         GlobalAddress[I] = SymAddr;
+#else
+      if (void *SymAddr = dlsym(0, I->getName().c_str()))
+        GlobalAddress[I] = SymAddr;      
+#endif
       else {
         std::cerr << "Could not resolve external global address: "
                   << I->getName() << "\n";