diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3aa9f36fe1..6336c430fb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ case $target in
 
   *-*-solaris*)
     tr_SOLARIS="yes"
+    CC="gcc -std=gnu99"
+    CXXFLAGS="-static-libstdc++ -D_GLIBCXX_USE_C99"
     ;;
 
   armv7l-*-linux-gnueabihf)