diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index 24fd7b8778..be242cb6df 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_UCLIBC)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT_MUSL),y)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libsanitizer
 endif
 
+# libsanitizer is broken for SPARC
+# https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=7951
+ifeq ($(BR2_sparc),y)
+HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libsanitizer
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_GCC_ENABLE_TLS),y)
 HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_OPTS += --enable-tls
 else