diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 28169ab..fe5f8c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ INC     =
 PIC     = -fPIC
 AR      = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ar
 RANLIB  = $(CROSS_COMPILE)ranlib
+SOCKET_LIBS =
 
 LDSO_SUFFIX = so
 LD_SET_SONAME = -Wl,-soname=
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ src/version.o: src/version.h
 
 $(LDSO_PATHNAME): $(LOBJS)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LD_SET_SONAME)$(LDSO_PATHNAME) $(USER_LDFLAGS) \
-		-shared -o $@ $(LOBJS)
+		-shared -o $@ $(LOBJS) $(SOCKET_LIBS)
 
 $(ALL_TOOLS): $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) src/main.o src/common.o $(USER_LDFLAGS) -o $(PXCHAINS)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 917a4e9..bbde534 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ elif issolaris; then
 		echo "NO_AS_NEEDED=" >> config.mak
 		echo "LD_SET_SONAME=-Wl,-h," >> config.mak
 	fi
+	echo "SOCKET_LIBS=-lsocket -lnsl" >> config.mak
 fi
 
 echo "Done, now run $make_cmd && $make_cmd install"