diff --git a/compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs b/compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs
index eff542a80b7c58f27cbd74c5a319195fcc623b2c..a9e486c94a63cbcb9f1ba6d9054c418864196b92 100644
--- a/compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs
+++ b/compiler/main/DriverPipeline.hs
@@ -2171,11 +2171,12 @@ joinObjectFiles dflags o_files output_fn = do
                      ++ (if osInfo == OSFreeBSD
                           then [SysTools.Option "-L/usr/lib"]
                           else [])
-                        -- gcc on sparc sets -Wl,--relax implicitly (another
-                        -- use case is when use passes -optl-Wl,--relax)
-                        -- but -r and --relax are incompatible for ld, so
+                        -- gcc on sparc sets -Wl,--relax implicitly, but
+                        -- -r and --relax are incompatible for ld, so
                         -- disable --relax explicitly.
-                     ++ (if ldIsGnuLd
+                     ++ (if platformArch (targetPlatform dflags)
+                                `elem` [ArchSPARC, ArchSPARC64]
+                         && ldIsGnuLd
                             then [SysTools.Option "-Wl,-no-relax"]
                             else [])
                      ++ map SysTools.Option ld_build_id