diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
index e78206d60..830a8b984 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ include $(CONFIG)/os/CONFIG.Common.UnixCommon
 OS_CLASS = solaris
 ARCH_CLASS = sparc
 
-CODE_CPPFLAGS = -D__EXTENSIONS__  -mt
+CODE_CPPFLAGS = -D__EXTENSIONS__
+
+COMPILER_CPPFLAGS += -mt
+COMPILER_LDFLAGS += -mt
 
 SOLARIS_VERSION = $(subst 5.,,$(shell uname -r))
 
@@ -23,9 +26,10 @@ POSIX_CPPFLAGS_YES_6 += -D_REENTRANT
 POSIX_CPPFLAGS_YES += -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L $(POSIX_CPPFLAGS_YES_$(SOLARIS_VERSION))
 POSIX_CPPFLAGS_YES += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500
 POSIX_LDLIBS_YES_6 += -lthread
-POSIX_LDLIBS_YES += -mt -lposix4 -lpthread $(POSIX_LDLIBS_YES_$(SOLARIS_VERSION))
+POSIX_LDLIBS_YES += -lposix4 -lpthread $(POSIX_LDLIBS_YES_$(SOLARIS_VERSION))
 
-OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -DSOLARIS=$(SOLARIS_VERSION)
+OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS += -DSOLARIS=$(SOLARIS_VERSION) $(COMPILER_CPPFLAGS)
+OP_SYS_LDFLAGS +=  $(COMPILER_LDFLAGS)
 
 # Set runtime path for shared libraries
 RUNTIME_LDFLAGS = $(SHRLIB_SEARCH_DIRS:%=-R%)