diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 99ecf468b..7191a313f 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ case "$host" in
 *-*-solaris2.7)
 	sunos=57
 	;;
+*-*-solaris2.8)
+	sunos=58
+	;;
 *-*-solaris2*)
 	sunos=50
 	;;