diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6336c430fb..f901dc20f0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ case $target in
   *-*-solaris*)
     tr_SOLARIS="yes"
     CC="gcc -std=gnu99"
+    CPPFLAGS=" -I/opt/local/include -L/opt/local/lib"
     CXXFLAGS="-static-libstdc++ -D_GLIBCXX_USE_C99"
+    LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath,/opt/local/lib -L/opt/local/lib"
     ;;
 
   armv7l-*-linux-gnueabihf)