diff --git a/src/template/solaris b/src/template/solaris
index 7609d0e2cbd..d32ab6afb94 100644
--- a/src/template/solaris
+++ b/src/template/solaris
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ fi
 
 THREAD_SUPPORT=yes
 NEED_REENTRANT_FUNCS=yes	# 5.6 2003-09-13
+if test "$GCC" != yes 
+then 	THREAD_CPPFLAGS="-mt"
+fi
 THREAD_LIBS="-pthread"