diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index c86ecf7631..425af8a8e0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_DIVERT_PUSH(AC_DIVERSION_NOTICE)dnl
 esyscmd([sed "s/^/# /" COPYRIGHT])dnl
 AC_DIVERT_POP()dnl
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.348 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.349 $)
 
 AC_INIT(lib/dns/name.c)
 AC_PREREQ(2.13)
@@ -361,7 +361,14 @@ case "$use_openssl" in
 		fi
 		USE_OPENSSL='-DOPENSSL'
 		DST_OPENSSL_INC="-I$use_openssl/include"
-		DNS_OPENSSL_LIBS="-L$use_openssl/lib -lcrypto"
+		case $host in
+		*-solaris*)
+			DNS_OPENSSL_LIBS="-L$use_openssl/lib -R$use_openssl/lib -lcrypto"
+			;;
+		*)
+			DNS_OPENSSL_LIBS="-L$use_openssl/lib -lcrypto"
+			;;
+		esac
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(using openssl from $use_openssl/lib and $use_openssl/include)
 
 		saved_cflags="$CFLAGS"