diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dac27c13..810848cd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21389,6 +21389,46 @@ fi
 if test "$LEX" = :; then
   LEX=${am_missing_run}flex
 fi
+# Extract the first word of "ar", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy ar; ac_word=$2
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for $ac_word... $ECHO_C" >&6
+if test "${ac_cv_path_AR+set}" = set; then
+  echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+else
+  case $AR in
+  [\\/]* | ?:[\\/]*)
+  ac_cv_path_AR="$AR" # Let the user override the test with a path.
+  ;;
+  *)
+  as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+as_dummy="$PATH:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin"
+for as_dir in $as_dummy
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if $as_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_path_AR="$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+done
+
+  test -z "$ac_cv_path_AR" && ac_cv_path_AR="ar"
+  ;;
+esac
+fi
+AR=$ac_cv_path_AR
+
+if test -n "$AR"; then
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $AR" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$AR" >&6
+else
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+fi
 
 case "$host_os" in
 cygwin*)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 912281d4..c2aed5c2 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_YACC
 AM_PROG_LEX
+AC_PATH_PROG(AR, ar, ar, $PATH:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin)	dnl for Solaris
 
 dnl *** Building mingw32 with cygwin compiler ***
 case "$host_os" in