diff --git a/src/s/sol2.h b/src/s/sol2.h
index cfb7427cf06..79b0f42946c 100644
--- a/src/s/sol2.h
+++ b/src/s/sol2.h
@@ -24,5 +24,9 @@
 #endif /* GCC */
 
 #undef LIBS_SYSTEM
-#define LIBS_SYSTEM -lsocket -lnsl -lkstat -lkvm -lelf
+#define LIBS_SYSTEM -lsocket -lnsl -lkstat
 #define HAVE_VFORK
+
+/* Prefer kstat over kvm in getloadavg.c, kstat doesn't require root.
+   ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu, 7/21/97. */
+#define HAVE_LIBKSTAT