diff --git a/src/aclocal.m4 b/src/aclocal.m4
index 8882e6b06..2b0c009b0 100644
--- a/src/aclocal.m4
+++ b/src/aclocal.m4
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ case "${host_os}" in
 	solaris*)
 		thehost="sun4sol2"
 		SHARED_LDFLAGS="-dy -G"
-		LDRPATH="-Wl,--rpath,~A"
+		LDRPATH="-Wl,-R,~A"
 		TCPLIBS="-lsocket -lnsl -lintl"
 		CLIBS="-ldl"
 		;;