diff --git a/zzip/fetch.c b/zzip/fetch.c
index 4ae24cc..7af7ab3 100644
--- a/zzip/fetch.c
+++ b/zzip/fetch.c
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <zzip/fetch.h>
 
 #if defined ZZIP_WORDS_BIGENDIAN && \
-   defined bswap_16 && defined bswap_32 && defined bswap_64
+   defined bswap_16 && defined bswap_32 && defined bswap_64 && !defined(__sparc__)
 # define __ZZIP_GET16(__p)                        bswap_16(*(uint16_t*)(__p))
 # define __ZZIP_GET32(__p)                        bswap_32(*(uint32_t*)(__p))
 # define __ZZIP_SET16(__p,__x) (*(uint16_t*)(__p) = bswap_16((uint16_t)(__x)))
diff --git a/zzip/fetch.h b/zzip/fetch.h
index e2c5e9b..45b9c61 100644
--- a/zzip/fetch.h
+++ b/zzip/fetch.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ extern uint64_t __zzip_get64(zzip_byte_t * s) __zzip_attribute__((const));
 extern void     __zzip_set64(zzip_byte_t * s, uint64_t v);
 
 #ifdef ZZIP_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-# if defined bswap_16 && defined bswap_32 && defined bswap_64 /* i.e. linux */
+# if defined bswap_16 && defined bswap_32 && defined bswap_64 && !defined(__sparc__) /* i.e. linux */
 # define ZZIP_GET16(__p)                        bswap_16(*(uint16_t*)(__p))
 # define ZZIP_GET32(__p)                        bswap_32(*(uint32_t*)(__p))
 # define ZZIP_GET64(__p)                        bswap_64(*(uint64_t*)(__p))