diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0303771031..ce17b923ce 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-08-26  Michael Schmitt  <michael.schmitt@teststep.org>
+
+	* INSTALL: Add compilation instructions for SUN Sparc
+        Solaris. (bug #362)
+
 2003-08-19  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* configure.ac (AH_TOP): get rid of 'The LyX Team'.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 7a6c3c2f52..d0e6f5dc00 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -369,6 +369,12 @@ notify us.
   o On solaris 2.6, you may have to compile with --with-included-string
     if compiling with gcc 2.95.2.
 
+  o On SUN Sparc Solaris 8, you need gnumake. The LyX makefiles do not
+    work with Solaris make.
+
+    The Solaris ar seg-faults trying to build the insets library. You
+    will need to use the ar from the GNU binutils for this subdirectory.
+
   o LyX can be compiled on Tru64 Unix with either GNU's gcc or the default
     Compaq cxx compiler.