diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 139120288..db6076cfd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-04-15  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* tests/grub_cmd_date.in: Skip on sparc64.
+
 2013-04-15  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* tests/grub_script_expansion.in: Use fixed-string grep to skip over
diff --git a/tests/grub_cmd_date.in b/tests/grub_cmd_date.in
index 254fb91ea..76436a016 100644
--- a/tests/grub_cmd_date.in
+++ b/tests/grub_cmd_date.in
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 set -e
 
+. "@builddir@/grub-core/modinfo.sh"
+
+# OpenBIOS on sparc64 doesn't implement RTC
+if [ "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}" = sparc64-ieee1275 ]; then
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 pdt="$(date -u +%s)"
 dt=`echo date | @builddir@/grub-shell`
 dtg="$(date -u -d "$dt" +%s)"