diff --git a/src/libCom/blderrSymTbl b/src/libCom/blderrSymTbl
index c45fc38bc..247966bf5 100755
--- a/src/libCom/blderrSymTbl
+++ b/src/libCom/blderrSymTbl
@@ -39,6 +39,50 @@
 # Usage 	blderrSymTbl EPICS HOST_ARCH MAKE VXLIST     - IOC and commmon
 # Usage 	blderrSymTbl EPICS HOST_ARCH MAKE 		- just common
 
+
+GetVar ()
+{
+
+if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+	echo "usage: $0 EPICS MAKE VAR_NAME [TARGET_ARCH]"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+EPICS=$1
+MAKE=$2
+
+INCLUDE=${EPICS}/config/CONFIG_BASE
+
+if [ -z "$4" ]; then
+	OPTS=""
+else
+	OPTS="T_A=$4"
+fi
+
+PID=$$
+
+# Construct temporary makefile
+cat - <<MFILE > /tmp/Makefile.tmp.$$
+
+EPICS=$EPICS
+
+include ${INCLUDE}
+
+all:
+	@echo "\$($3)" > /tmp/Makefile.tmp.out.$PID
+
+MFILE
+
+$MAKE -f /tmp/Makefile.tmp.$$ $OPTS > /dev/null
+
+# Display value
+cat /tmp/Makefile.tmp.out.$$
+
+rm -f /tmp/Makefile.tmp.$$ /tmp/Makefile.tmp.out.$$
+
+exit 0
+
+}
 if [ "x" = "x$4" ]; then
 	DEF="XXX"
 else
@@ -77,7 +121,8 @@ case $HOST_ARCH in
     solaris)
 	# use -xM option of ACC to list dependencies
 
-	CC=`$EPICS/base/bin/$HOST_ARCH/GetVar $EPICS $MAKE ACC $HOST_ARCH`
+	#CC=`$EPICS/base/bin/$HOST_ARCH/GetVar $EPICS $MAKE ACC $HOST_ARCH`
+	CC=`GetVar $EPICS $MAKE ACC $HOST_ARCH`
 	FILES=`$CC -xM -D$DEF $INCLUDEH errInc.c \
 	| grep "errInc.o" | grep -v "errInc.c" \
 	| sed -e 's/errInc\.o://'`