diff --git a/src/template/solaris b/src/template/solaris
index 7338878e835..fbb574fe88f 100644
--- a/src/template/solaris
+++ b/src/template/solaris
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ esac
 THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
 NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS=yes	# 5.6 2003-09-13
 THREAD_LIBS="-pthread"
+if test "$GCC" != yes 
+then 	THREAD_LIBS="-mt $THREAD_LIBS"
+fi
+