diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 285c6f3c15..c8b1bba593 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ trace-events-subdirs += hw/input
 trace-events-subdirs += hw/timer
 trace-events-subdirs += hw/dma
 trace-events-subdirs += hw/sparc
+trace-events-subdirs += hw/sparc64
 trace-events-subdirs += hw/sd
 trace-events-subdirs += hw/isa
 trace-events-subdirs += hw/mem
diff --git a/hw/sparc64/trace-events b/hw/sparc64/trace-events
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9284b1fbad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hw/sparc64/trace-events
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# See docs/devel/tracing.txt for syntax documentation.