diff --git a/config.mak.in b/config.mak.in
index 09bd5d417d..9a0d8deacd 100644
--- a/config.mak.in
+++ b/config.mak.in
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT=@NO_D_TYPE_IN_DIRENT@
 NO_SOCKADDR_STORAGE=@NO_SOCKADDR_STORAGE@
 NO_IPV6=@NO_IPV6@
 NO_C99_FORMAT=@NO_C99_FORMAT@
+NO_HSTRERROR=@NO_HSTRERROR@
 NO_STRCASESTR=@NO_STRCASESTR@
 NO_MEMMEM=@NO_MEMMEM@
 NO_STRLCPY=@NO_STRLCPY@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d8aab9a277..fbe5035c46 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -546,11 +546,22 @@ test -n "$NEEDS_SOCKET" && LIBS="$LIBS -lsocket"
 
 #
 # Define NEEDS_RESOLV if linking with -lnsl and/or -lsocket is not enough.
-# Notably on Solaris hstrerror resides in libresolv and on Solaris 7
-# inet_ntop and inet_pton additionally reside there.
-AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [hstrerror],
+# Notably on Solaris 7 inet_ntop and inet_pton additionally reside there.
+AC_CHECK_LIB([c], [inet_ntop],
 [NEEDS_RESOLV=],
 [NEEDS_RESOLV=YesPlease])
+#
+# Define NO_HSTRERROR if linking with -lresolv is not enough.
+# Solaris 2.6 in particular has no hstrerror, even in -lresolv.
+NO_HSTRERROR=
+AC_CHECK_FUNC([hstrerror],
+	[],
+    [AC_CHECK_LIB([resolv], [hstrerror],
+	    [NEEDS_RESOLV=YesPlease],
+	[NO_HSTRERROR=YesPlease])
+])
+AC_SUBST(NO_HSTRERROR)
+
 AC_SUBST(NEEDS_RESOLV)
 test -n "$NEEDS_RESOLV" && LIBS="$LIBS -lresolv"