diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 912281d..c2aed5c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 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