diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 84a332b080c..4967df7e70a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ case "${canonical}" in
 		RANLIB="ar -ts"
 		;;
       *-sunos5* | *-solaris* )
-		opsys=sol2-6
+		opsys=sol2-8
 		NON_GNU_CPP=/usr/ccs/lib/cpp
 		;;
       *			  ) opsys=bsd4-2   ;;