diff --git a/mpi/ChangeLog b/mpi/ChangeLog
index db75ed22e..c370fbc7f 100644
--- a/mpi/ChangeLog
+++ b/mpi/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-20  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
+
+	* config.links: sparc64 assembler doesn't work on FreeBSD or
+	OpenBSD either.
+
 2003-05-26  David Shaw  <dshaw@jabberwocky.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am: Make use of AM_CFLAGS. (From wk on stable branch)
diff --git a/mpi/config.links b/mpi/config.links
index 53ffcec8e..489c881b8 100644
--- a/mpi/config.links
+++ b/mpi/config.links
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ case "${target}" in
 	path="sparc32v8 sparc32"
 	mpi_extra_modules="udiv"
         ;;
-    sparc64-*-netbsd)
-       # There are no sparc64 assembler modules that work, so
-       # just use generic C functions
-       echo '/* configured for sparc64-*netbsd */' >>./mpi/asm-syntax.h
+    sparc64-*-netbsd* | sparc64-*-freebsd* | sparc64-*-openbsd*)
+       # There are no sparc64 assembler modules that work on the
+       # *BSDs, so use the generic C functions.
+       echo '/* No working assembler modules available */' >>./mpi/asm-syntax.h
        path=""
        ;;
     sparc9*-*-*     | \