diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0e6e8d70ed3..fa4a27744c1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -630,6 +630,8 @@ Library
 Build
 -----
 
+- Use -xcode=pic32 for CCSHARED on Solaris with SunPro.
+
 - Bug #1189330: configure did not correctly determine the necessary
   value of LINKCC if python was built with GCC 4.0.
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5ce023443db..179259d6dd3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 39267 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 41764 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.5.
 #
@@ -10413,6 +10413,7 @@ then
 	case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
 	SunOS*) if test "$GCC" = yes;
 	        then CCSHARED="-fPIC";
+		else CCSHARED="-xcode=pic32";
 	        fi;;
 	hp*|HP*) if test "$GCC" = yes;
 		 then CCSHARED="-fPIC";
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 811b6b27cba..8f7dd8c8e1a 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1410,6 +1410,7 @@ then
 	case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
 	SunOS*) if test "$GCC" = yes;
 	        then CCSHARED="-fPIC";
+		else CCSHARED="-xcode=pic32";
 	        fi;;
 	hp*|HP*) if test "$GCC" = yes;
 		 then CCSHARED="-fPIC";