diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index e8887d83a..197f6d1e4 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ Version 1.5.14beta03 [December 15, 2012]
 
 Version 1.5.14beta04 [December 18, 2012]
   Cleaned up whitespace in the synopsis portion of the manpage "libpng.3"
+  Disassembled the version number in scripts/options.awk (necessary for
+    building on SunOs)
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f49a1980d..0cbe708d9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3943,6 +3943,8 @@ Version 1.5.14beta03 [December 15, 2012]
 
 Version 1.5.14beta04 [December 18, 2012]
   Cleaned up whitespace in the synopsis portion of the manpage "libpng.3"
+  Disassembled the version number in scripts/options.awk (necessary for
+    building on SunOs)
 
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diff --git a/scripts/options.awk b/scripts/options.awk
index 9ef98bc8e..2e55697d6 100755
--- a/scripts/options.awk
+++ b/scripts/options.awk
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ pre && version == "search" && version_file != FILENAME{
 
 pre && version == "search" && $0 ~ /^ \* libpng version/{
    version = substr($0, 4)
+   gsub(/\./, " PNG_JOIN . PNG_JOIN", version)
    print "version =", version >out
    next
 }