diff --git a/src/etc/etc.sparc/MAKEDEV b/src/etc/etc.sparc/MAKEDEV
index 118c0d0e..7aefdb8a 100644
--- a/src/etc/etc.sparc/MAKEDEV
+++ b/src/etc/etc.sparc/MAKEDEV
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.36 1998/02/23 05:29:17 jason Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: MAKEDEV,v 1.37 1998/03/02 05:12:20 todd Exp $
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
 # All rights reserved.
@@ -197,10 +197,7 @@ std)
 	mknod stdin		c 24 0	; chmod 666 stdin
 	mknod stdout		c 24 1	; chmod 666 stdout
 	mknod stderr		c 24 2	; chmod 666 stderr
-	mknod ttya		c 12 0
-	mknod ttyb		c 12 1
-	mknod ttyc		c 12 4
-	mknod ttyd		c 12 5
+	sh ${this} ttya ttyb ttyc ttyd
 	mknod fb		c 22 0 ; chmod 666 fb
 	mknod mouse		c 13 0 ; chmod 666 mouse
 	mknod kbd		c 29 0 ; chmod 666 kbd
@@ -471,6 +468,20 @@ lkm)
 	chmod 640 lkm
 	;;
 
+tty[a-z])
+	unit=`expr $i : 'tty\([a-z]\)'`
+	rm -f tty$unit
+	case $unit in
+	a) n=0 ;;
+	b) n=1 ;;
+	c) n=4 ;;
+	d) n=5 ;;
+	*) echo unknown tty device $i ;;
+	esac
+	mknod tty$unit c 12 $n
+	chown uucp.wheel tty$unit
+	;;
+
 pty*)
 	case $unit in
 	0) offset=0 name=p;;