diff --git a/configure b/configure
index fad03fd..ac6939c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ case $OPERATINGSYSTEM in
     ;;
     SunOS)
         EXTRA_OBJECTS="sys_generic.o sys_solaris.o sys_timex.o sys_posix.o"
-        LIBS="$LIBS -lsocket -lnsl -lresolv"
+        LIBS="$LIBS -lsocket -lnsl -lkvm -lelf -lresolv"
         try_setsched=1
         try_lockmem=1
         add_def SOLARIS
diff --git a/sys_solaris.c b/sys_solaris.c
index ba86c11..24949cb 100644
--- a/sys_solaris.c
+++ b/sys_solaris.c
@@ -28,16 +28,47 @@
 
 #include "sysincl.h"
 
+#include "logging.h"
 #include "privops.h"
 #include "sys_solaris.h"
 #include "sys_timex.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
+#include <kvm.h>
+#include <nlist.h>
+
+/* ================================================== */
+
+static void
+set_dosynctodr(int on_off)
+{
+  struct nlist nl[] = { {"dosynctodr"}, {NULL} };
+  kvm_t *kt;
+
+  kt = kvm_open(NULL, NULL, NULL, O_RDWR, NULL);
+  if (!kt)
+    LOG_FATAL("Could not open kvm");
+
+  if (kvm_nlist(kt, nl) < 0 || !nl[0].n_value)
+    LOG_FATAL("Could not get dosynctodr address");
+
+  if (kvm_kwrite(kt, nl[0].n_value, &on_off, sizeof (on_off)) < 0)
+    LOG_FATAL("Could not write to dosynctodr");
+
+  kvm_close(kt);
+}
+
 /* ================================================== */
 
 void
 SYS_Solaris_Initialise(void)
 {
+  /* The kernel keeps the system clock and hardware clock synchronised to each
+     other.  The dosynctodr variable needs to be set to zero to prevent the
+     the system clock from following the hardware clock when the system clock
+     is not adjusted by adjtime() or ntp_adjtime(modes=MOD_OFFSET). */
+  set_dosynctodr(0);
+
   /* The kernel allows the frequency to be set in the full range off int32_t */
   SYS_Timex_InitialiseWithFunctions(32500, 1.0 / 100, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                                     0.0, 0.0, NULL, NULL);