diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fb1f1813bc0fc1771f9adde2dd25c3c9cbf17e69..99b0722ca1be568afebd85564a496a0776851fac 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -16630,8 +16630,23 @@ esac
 
 fi
 
-# similarly, use system's getopt_long() only if system provides struct option.
-if test x"$ac_cv_type_struct_option" = xyes ; then
+# Similarly, use system's getopt_long() only if system provides struct option.
+# Solaris' getopt() doesn't do what we want for long options, so always use
+# our versions on that platform.
+if test "$PORTNAME" = "solaris"; then
+  case " $LIBOBJS " in
+  *" getopt.$ac_objext "* ) ;;
+  *) LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS getopt.$ac_objext"
+ ;;
+esac
+
+  case " $LIBOBJS " in
+  *" getopt_long.$ac_objext "* ) ;;
+  *) LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS getopt_long.$ac_objext"
+ ;;
+esac
+
+elif test x"$ac_cv_type_struct_option" = xyes ; then
 
 for ac_func in getopt_long
 do
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 220204463c695a786c302f84b33a4da9b7bb5ac0..2bdc37198462cbe9bde945a2ea56c2f301dd005e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
-dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.551 2008/02/19 01:05:28 momjian Exp $
+dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.552 2008/02/24 05:21:54 tgl Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -1095,8 +1095,13 @@ else
   AC_LIBOBJ(getaddrinfo)
 fi
 
-# similarly, use system's getopt_long() only if system provides struct option.
-if test x"$ac_cv_type_struct_option" = xyes ; then
+# Similarly, use system's getopt_long() only if system provides struct option.
+# Solaris' getopt() doesn't do what we want for long options, so always use
+# our versions on that platform.
+if test "$PORTNAME" = "solaris"; then
+  AC_LIBOBJ(getopt)
+  AC_LIBOBJ(getopt_long)
+elif test x"$ac_cv_type_struct_option" = xyes ; then
   AC_REPLACE_FUNCS([getopt_long])
 else
   AC_LIBOBJ(getopt_long)