diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b939dbc0..14b443c5 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 llvm-toolchain-snapshot (1:12~++20201028113421+ebfc427bbe0-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  [ Sylvestre Ledru ]
   * experimental New snapshot release
   * lld-use-link-atomic-i386.diff Try to workaround a linker error
     error: undefined reference to '__atomic_load'
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ llvm-toolchain-snapshot (1:12~++20201028113421+ebfc427bbe0-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; u
   * experimental New snapshot release
   * experimental New snapshot release
 
+  [ John Paul Adrian Glaubitz ]
+  * Limit maximum parallel link jobs to 4 on sparc and sparc64
+
  -- Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>  Wed, 28 Oct 2020 23:37:38 +0100
 
 llvm-toolchain-snapshot (1:12~++20201016112810+f16cecf3752-1~exp1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2cd9d20a..345dc82f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),i386 armel mips mipsel powerpc powerpcspe risc
 CMAKE_EXTRA += -DLIBOMP_LIBFLAGS="-latomic" -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="-latomic"
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),sparc sparc64))
+CMAKE_EXTRA += -DLLVM_PARALLEL_LINK_JOBS=4
+endif
+
 ifneq (,$(filter $(DEB_HOST_ARCH),armel mipsel powerpc riscv64))
 # For some reason, in the stage2 build, when clang is used to compile
 # itself. The atomic detection is failing on armel and riscv64. Forcing the inclusion everywhere.