diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 10bf3e37c3..23dc93746d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14829,8 +14829,27 @@ 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"   | \
+  *" getopt.$ac_objext"   | \
+    "getopt.$ac_objext "* | \
+  *" getopt.$ac_objext "* ) ;;
+  *) LIBOBJS="$LIBOBJS getopt.$ac_objext" ;;
+esac
+
+  case $LIBOBJS in
+    "getopt_long.$ac_objext"   | \
+  *" getopt_long.$ac_objext"   | \
+    "getopt_long.$ac_objext "* | \
+  *" 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 908a1ae02a..c4464537f1 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 1.490.2.14 2008/01/03 21:40:50 tgl Exp $
+dnl $PostgreSQL: pgsql/configure.in,v 1.490.2.15 2008/02/24 05:22:11 tgl Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Developers, please strive to achieve this order:
 dnl
@@ -998,8 +998,13 @@ 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)