Until such time as Rick Jones can figure-out or be told how to make it automagic in the configure script, prior to configure on solaris, you may need: CFLAGS="-lsocket -lnsl -lkstat" and if you are trying to compile the SCTP tests: CFLAGS="-lxnet -lsocket -lnsl -lkstat -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -D__EXTENSIONS__" beware CPU util figures on anything before Solaris 10 that does not say 100%, and still be a triffle cautious with Solaris 10 CPU util reports.