--- a/configure	Sun May 26 23:14:49 2013
+++ b/configure	Tue Jun 11 22:19:24 2013
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@
 	if test -n "$_host"; then
 		compilers="$_host_alias-g++ $_host_alias-c++ $_host-g++ $_host-c++"
 	else
-		compilers="g++ c++"
+		compilers="g++ c++ CC"
 	fi
 
 	# Iterate over all candidates, pick the first working one
@@ -812,11 +812,9 @@
 			cxx_version="not found"
 			cxx_verc_fail=yes
 		fi
-		echo non-gcc compiler version ${cxx_version}
 	else
 		cxx_version="not found"
 		cxx_verc_fail=yes
-		echo found non-gcc compiler version ${cxx_version}
 	fi
 
 	case $_host_os in
@@ -836,6 +834,20 @@
 					;;
 			esac
 			;;
+		solaris*)
+			cxx_version=`( $CXX -V ) 2>&1`
+			cxx_version="`echo "${cxx_version}" | sed 's/.*\([0-9][0-9]*\.[0-9][0-9]*\).*/\1/'`"
+			
+			case $cxx_version in
+				5.1[0-2])
+					cxx_verc_fail=no
+					;;
+				*)
+					cxx_version="$cxx_version, bad"
+					cxx_verc_fail=yes
+					;;
+			esac
+			;;
 		*)
 			cxx_version="$cxx_version, bad"
 			cxx_verc_fail=yes
@@ -850,6 +862,8 @@
 	echo "The version of your compiler is not supported at this time"
 	echo "Please ensure you are using GCC >= 2.95"
 	exit 1
+else
+	echo found non-gcc compiler version ${cxx_version}
 fi
 
 #