diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d106b060f6..08460a5b82 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 2012-02-16  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>
 
+	[BZ #11494]
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/bits/fcntl.h (O_FSYNC): Define.
+
 	* sysdeps/sparc/Makefile: Add -fPIC when building crt{i,n}.S
 	* sysdeps/sparc/crti.S: New file.
 	* sysdeps/sparc/crtn.S: New file.
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/bits/fcntl.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/bits/fcntl.h
index 7f6c8cd5ba..7ce09da56c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/bits/fcntl.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/bits/fcntl.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #define O_TRUNC		0x0400	/* not fcntl */
 #define O_EXCL		0x0800	/* not fcntl */
 #define O_SYNC		0x802000
+#define O_FSYNC		O_SYNC
 #define O_NONBLOCK	0x4000
 #define O_NDELAY	(0x0004 | O_NONBLOCK)
 #define O_NOCTTY	0x8000	/* not fcntl */