diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1223fc8..0c3f252 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2103,7 +2103,7 @@ echo "TOOLS=$tools" >> $config_host_mak
  # Mac OS X ships with a broken assembler
  roms=
  if test \( "$cpu" = "i386" -o "$cpu" = "x86_64" \) -a \
-        "$targetos" != "Darwin" -a \
+        "$targetos" != "Darwin" -a "$targetos" != "SunOS" -a \
          `expr "$target_list" : ".*softmmu.*"` != 0 ; then
    roms="optionrom"
  fi