diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index 0d83a5a49..6f029b896 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-Libpng 1.5.5beta07 - August 29, 2011
+Libpng 1.5.5beta07 - September 1, 2011
 
 This is not intended to be a public release.  It will be replaced
 within a few weeks by a public version or by another test version.
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ Version 1.5.5beta06 [August 26, 2011]
     than correctness.)  The code still has considerable inaccuracies in the
     8-bit case because 8-bit linear arithmetic is used.
 
-Version 1.5.5beta07 [August 29, 2011]
+Version 1.5.5beta07 [September 1, 2011]
     Added "$(ARCH)" option to makefile.darwin
+    Added SunOS support to configure.ac and Makefile.am
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 75ac659d4..6d27fb4f0 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3562,8 +3562,9 @@ Version 1.5.5beta06 [August 26, 2011]
     than correctness.)  The code still has considerable inaccuracies in the
     8-bit case because 8-bit linear arithmetic is used.
 
-Version 1.5.5beta07 [August 29, 2011]
+Version 1.5.5beta07 [September 1, 2011]
     Added "$(ARCH)" option to makefile.darwin
+    Added SunOS support to configure.ac and Makefile.am
 
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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b4e0ff92c..69fa5d9f7 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -44,11 +44,16 @@ libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -export-dynamic \
 	-version-number @PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@:@PNGLIB_RELEASE@:0
 
 if HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
-  # Versioned symbols and restricted exports
+#   Versioned symbols and restricted exports
+if HAVE_SOLARIS_LD
+  libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_LDFLAGS += -Wl,-M -Ll,libpng.vers
+else
   libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_LDFLAGS += -Wl,--version-script=libpng.vers
+endif
+
   libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_DEPENDENCIES = libpng.vers
 else
-  # Only restricted exports when possible
+#   Only restricted exports when possible
   libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_LDFLAGS += -export-symbols libpng.sym
   libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_DEPENDENCIES = libpng.sym
 endif
@@ -120,8 +125,8 @@ $(srcdir)/scripts/pnglibconf.h.prebuilt:
 pngvalid.o pngtest.o: pnglibconf.h
 
 # We must use -DPNG_NO_USE_READ_MACROS here even when the library may actually
-# be built with PNG_USE_READ_MACROS; this stops the read macros interfering
-# with the symbol file format.
+# be built with PNG_USE_READ_MACROS; this prevents the read macros from
+# interfering with the symbol file format.
 SYMBOL_CFLAGS = -DPNGLIB_LIBNAME='PNG@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_0'\
 		-DPNGLIB_VERSION='@PNGLIB_VERSION@'\
 		-DSYMBOL_PREFIX='$(SYMBOL_PREFIX)'\
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 667d2b189..ce1f82fed 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -41,8 +41,12 @@ POST_UNINSTALL = :
 build_triplet = @build@
 host_triplet = @host@
 check_PROGRAMS = pngtest$(EXEEXT) pngvalid$(EXEEXT)
-@HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_TRUE@am__append_1 = -Wl,--version-script=libpng.vers
-@HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_FALSE@am__append_2 = -export-symbols libpng.sym
+
+#   Versioned symbols and restricted exports
+@HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_TRUE@@HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_TRUE@am__append_1 = -Wl,-M -Ll,libpng.vers
+@HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_TRUE@@HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_FALSE@am__append_2 = -Wl,--version-script=libpng.vers
+#   Only restricted exports when possible
+@HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_FALSE@am__append_3 = -export-symbols libpng.sym
 subdir = .
 DIST_COMMON = README $(am__configure_deps) $(dist_man_MANS) \
 	$(pkginclude_HEADERS) $(srcdir)/Makefile.am \
@@ -330,7 +334,7 @@ libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_CPPFLAGS = @LIBPNG_DEFINES@
 libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined \
 	-export-dynamic -version-number \
 	@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@:@PNGLIB_RELEASE@:0 \
-	$(am__append_1) $(am__append_2)
+	$(am__append_1) $(am__append_2) $(am__append_3)
 @HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_FALSE@libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_DEPENDENCIES = libpng.sym
 @HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_TRUE@libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_DEPENDENCIES = libpng.vers
 pkginclude_HEADERS = png.h pngconf.h
@@ -357,8 +361,8 @@ config.sub configure depcomp install-sh ltmain.sh missing
 SUFFIXES = .chk .dfn .out
 
 # We must use -DPNG_NO_USE_READ_MACROS here even when the library may actually
-# be built with PNG_USE_READ_MACROS; this stops the read macros interfering
-# with the symbol file format.
+# be built with PNG_USE_READ_MACROS; this prevents the read macros from
+# interfering with the symbol file format.
 SYMBOL_CFLAGS = -DPNGLIB_LIBNAME='PNG@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_0'\
 		-DPNGLIB_VERSION='@PNGLIB_VERSION@'\
 		-DSYMBOL_PREFIX='$(SYMBOL_PREFIX)'\
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@ config.h: stamp-h1
 stamp-h1: $(srcdir)/config.h.in $(top_builddir)/config.status
 	@rm -f stamp-h1
 	cd $(top_builddir) && $(SHELL) ./config.status config.h
-$(srcdir)/config.h.in: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(am__configure_deps)
+$(srcdir)/config.h.in: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ $(am__configure_deps) 
 	($(am__cd) $(top_srcdir) && $(AUTOHEADER))
 	rm -f stamp-h1
 	touch $@
@@ -455,7 +459,7 @@ clean-libLTLIBRARIES:
 	  echo "rm -f \"$${dir}/so_locations\""; \
 	  rm -f "$${dir}/so_locations"; \
 	done
-libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@.la: $(libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_OBJECTS) $(libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_DEPENDENCIES)
+libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@.la: $(libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_OBJECTS) $(libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_DEPENDENCIES) 
 	$(libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_LINK) -rpath $(libdir) $(libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_OBJECTS) $(libpng@PNGLIB_MAJOR@@PNGLIB_MINOR@_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
 
 clean-checkPROGRAMS:
@@ -466,10 +470,10 @@ clean-checkPROGRAMS:
 	list=`for p in $$list; do echo "$$p"; done | sed 's/$(EXEEXT)$$//'`; \
 	echo " rm -f" $$list; \
 	rm -f $$list
-pngtest$(EXEEXT): $(pngtest_OBJECTS) $(pngtest_DEPENDENCIES)
+pngtest$(EXEEXT): $(pngtest_OBJECTS) $(pngtest_DEPENDENCIES) 
 	@rm -f pngtest$(EXEEXT)
 	$(LINK) $(pngtest_OBJECTS) $(pngtest_LDADD) $(LIBS)
-pngvalid$(EXEEXT): $(pngvalid_OBJECTS) $(pngvalid_DEPENDENCIES)
+pngvalid$(EXEEXT): $(pngvalid_OBJECTS) $(pngvalid_DEPENDENCIES) 
 	@rm -f pngvalid$(EXEEXT)
 	$(LINK) $(pngvalid_OBJECTS) $(pngvalid_LDADD) $(LIBS)
 install-binSCRIPTS: $(bin_SCRIPTS)
@@ -1255,9 +1259,6 @@ uninstall-man: uninstall-man3 uninstall-man5
 	uninstall-pkgconfigDATA uninstall-pkgincludeHEADERS
 
 
-@HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_TRUE@  # Versioned symbols and restricted exports
-@HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_FALSE@  # Only restricted exports when possible
-
 $(PNGLIB_BASENAME).pc: libpng.pc
 	cp libpng.pc $@
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 71e52332d..6755b2519 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ PNGLIB_VERSION
 SYMBOL_PREFIX
 HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_FALSE
 HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_TRUE
+HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_FALSE
+HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_TRUE
 LIBPNG_DEFINES
 LIBOBJS
 POW_LIB
@@ -763,8 +765,7 @@ CFLAGS
 LDFLAGS
 LIBS
 CPPFLAGS
-CPP
-CPPFLAGS'
+CPP'
 
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
@@ -12418,7 +12419,37 @@ case $host in
 $as_echo "no" >&6; }
 ;;
 * )
-GLD=`$LD --help < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | grep version-script`
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if using Solaris linker" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking if using Solaris linker... " >&6; }
+SLD=`$LD --version 2>&1 | grep Solaris`
+if test "$SLD"; then
+    have_solaris_ld=yes
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+else
+    have_solaris_ld=no
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+ if test "$have_solaris_ld" = "yes"; then
+  HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_TRUE=
+  HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_FALSE='#'
+else
+  HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_TRUE='#'
+  HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_FALSE=
+fi
+
+
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if libraries can be versioned" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking if libraries can be versioned... " >&6; }
+if test "$have_solaris_ld" = "yes"; then
+    GLD=`$LD --help < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep 'M mapfile'`
+else
+    GLD=`$LD --help < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | grep version-script`
+fi
+
+ if test "$GLD"; then
 if test "$GLD"; then
     have_ld_version_script=yes
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
@@ -12627,6 +12658,10 @@ if test -z "${am__fastdepCC_TRUE}" && test -z "${am__fastdepCC_FALSE}"; then
   as_fn_error $? "conditional \"am__fastdepCC\" was never defined.
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
 fi
+if test -z "${HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_TRUE}" && test -z "${HAVE_SOLARIS_LD_FALSE}"; then
+  as_fn_error $? "conditional \"HAVE_SOLARIS_LD\" was never defined.
+Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
+fi
 if test -z "${HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_TRUE}" && test -z "${HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT_FALSE}"; then
   as_fn_error $? "conditional \"HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT\" was never defined.
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index dce503307..0d0b72405 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -104,7 +104,26 @@ case $host in
     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 ;;
 * )
-GLD=`$LD --help < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | grep version-script`
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([if using Solaris linker])
+SLD=`$LD --version 2>&1 | grep Solaris`
+if test "$SLD"; then
+    have_solaris_ld=yes
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+else
+    have_solaris_ld=no
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SOLARIS_LD, test "$have_solaris_ld" = "yes")
+
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([if libraries can be versioned])
+if test "$have_solaris_ld" = "yes"; then
+    GLD=`$LD --help < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep 'M mapfile'`
+else
+    GLD=`$LD --help < /dev/null 2>/dev/null | grep version-script`
+fi
+
+ if test "$GLD"; then
 if test "$GLD"; then
     have_ld_version_script=yes
     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)