diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/internal.h b/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/internal.h
index 9cc87f0caa1204d54f4b3c76bffaf8c4f42f3b23..668e57663b3e3dde7df39ba0e8fb1760ace16a0f 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/internal.h
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/internal.h
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ struct uv__stream_queued_fds_s {
     defined(__DragonFly__) || \
     defined(__FreeBSD__) || \
     defined(__FreeBSD_kernel__) || \
-    defined(__linux__) || \
+    (defined(__linux__) && !defined(__sparc__)) || \
     defined(__OpenBSD__) || \
     defined(__NetBSD__)
 #define uv__cloexec uv__cloexec_ioctl