diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/asm_solaris_amd64.s b/src/pkg/syscall/asm_solaris_amd64.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3735890fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/asm_solaris_amd64.s
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+//
+// System calls for amd64, Solaris are implemented in ../runtime/syscall_solaris.goc
+//
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/env_unix.go b/src/pkg/syscall/env_unix.go
index 5970df8fc8..76663c6c41 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/env_unix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/env_unix.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd
+// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris
 
 // Unix environment variables.
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/exec_solaris.go b/src/pkg/syscall/exec_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..97de6ca003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/exec_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package syscall
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+type SysProcAttr struct {
+	Chroot     string      // Chroot.
+	Credential *Credential // Credential.
+	Setsid     bool        // Create session.
+	Setpgid    bool        // Set process group ID to new pid (SYSV setpgrp)
+	Setctty    bool        // Set controlling terminal to fd 0
+	Noctty     bool        // Detach fd 0 from controlling terminal
+}
+
+// Implemented in runtime package.
+func runtime_BeforeFork()
+func runtime_AfterFork()
+
+func chdir(path uintptr) (err Errno)
+func chroot1(path uintptr) (err Errno)
+func close(fd uintptr) (err Errno)
+func execve(path uintptr, argv uintptr, envp uintptr) (err Errno)
+func exit(code uintptr)
+func fcntl1(fd uintptr, cmd uintptr, arg uintptr) (val uintptr, err Errno)
+func forkx(flags uintptr) (pid uintptr, err Errno)
+func ioctl(fd uintptr, req uintptr, arg uintptr) (err Errno)
+func setgid(gid uintptr) (err Errno)
+func setgroups1(ngid uintptr, gid uintptr) (err Errno)
+func setsid() (pid uintptr, err Errno)
+func setuid(uid uintptr) (err Errno)
+func setpgid(pid uintptr, pgid uintptr) (err Errno)
+func write1(fd uintptr, buf uintptr, nbyte uintptr) (n uintptr, err Errno)
+
+// Fork, dup fd onto 0..len(fd), and exec(argv0, argvv, envv) in child.
+// If a dup or exec fails, write the errno error to pipe.
+// (Pipe is close-on-exec so if exec succeeds, it will be closed.)
+// In the child, this function must not acquire any locks, because
+// they might have been locked at the time of the fork.  This means
+// no rescheduling, no malloc calls, and no new stack segments.
+//
+// We call hand-crafted syscalls, implemented in
+// ../runtime/syscall_solaris.goc, rather than generated libc wrappers
+// because we need to avoid lazy-loading the functions (might malloc,
+// split the stack, or acquire mutexes). We can't call RawSyscall
+// because it's not safe even for BSD-subsystem calls.
+func forkAndExecInChild(argv0 *byte, argv, envv []*byte, chroot, dir *byte, attr *ProcAttr, sys *SysProcAttr, pipe int) (pid int, err Errno) {
+	// Declare all variables at top in case any
+	// declarations require heap allocation (e.g., err1).
+	var (
+		r1     uintptr
+		err1   Errno
+		nextfd int
+		i      int
+	)
+
+	// guard against side effects of shuffling fds below.
+	// Make sure that nextfd is beyond any currently open files so
+	// that we can't run the risk of overwriting any of them.
+	fd := make([]int, len(attr.Files))
+	nextfd = len(attr.Files)
+	for i, ufd := range attr.Files {
+		if nextfd < int(ufd) {
+			nextfd = int(ufd)
+		}
+		fd[i] = int(ufd)
+	}
+	nextfd++
+
+	// About to call fork.
+	// No more allocation or calls of non-assembly functions.
+	runtime_BeforeFork()
+	r1, err1 = forkx(0x1) // FORK_NOSIGCHLD
+	if err1 != 0 {
+		runtime_AfterFork()
+		return 0, err1
+	}
+
+	if r1 != 0 {
+		// parent; return PID
+		runtime_AfterFork()
+		return int(r1), 0
+	}
+
+	// Fork succeeded, now in child.
+
+	// Session ID
+	if sys.Setsid {
+		_, err1 = setsid()
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Set process group
+	if sys.Setpgid {
+		err1 = setpgid(0, 0)
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Chroot
+	if chroot != nil {
+		err1 = chroot1(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(chroot)))
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
+	// User and groups
+	if cred := sys.Credential; cred != nil {
+		ngroups := uintptr(len(cred.Groups))
+		groups := uintptr(0)
+		if ngroups > 0 {
+			groups = uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&cred.Groups[0]))
+		}
+		err1 = setgroups1(ngroups, groups)
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+		err1 = setgid(uintptr(cred.Gid))
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+		err1 = setuid(uintptr(cred.Uid))
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Chdir
+	if dir != nil {
+		err1 = chdir(uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(dir)))
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Pass 1: look for fd[i] < i and move those up above len(fd)
+	// so that pass 2 won't stomp on an fd it needs later.
+	if pipe < nextfd {
+		_, err1 = fcntl1(uintptr(pipe), F_DUP2FD, uintptr(nextfd))
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+		fcntl1(uintptr(nextfd), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
+		pipe = nextfd
+		nextfd++
+	}
+	for i = 0; i < len(fd); i++ {
+		if fd[i] >= 0 && fd[i] < int(i) {
+			_, err1 = fcntl1(uintptr(fd[i]), F_DUP2FD, uintptr(nextfd))
+			if err1 != 0 {
+				goto childerror
+			}
+			fcntl1(uintptr(nextfd), F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
+			fd[i] = nextfd
+			nextfd++
+			if nextfd == pipe { // don't stomp on pipe
+				nextfd++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Pass 2: dup fd[i] down onto i.
+	for i = 0; i < len(fd); i++ {
+		if fd[i] == -1 {
+			close(uintptr(i))
+			continue
+		}
+		if fd[i] == int(i) {
+			// dup2(i, i) won't clear close-on-exec flag on Linux,
+			// probably not elsewhere either.
+			_, err1 = fcntl1(uintptr(fd[i]), F_SETFD, 0)
+			if err1 != 0 {
+				goto childerror
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		// The new fd is created NOT close-on-exec,
+		// which is exactly what we want.
+		_, err1 = fcntl1(uintptr(fd[i]), F_DUP2FD, uintptr(i))
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
+	// By convention, we don't close-on-exec the fds we are
+	// started with, so if len(fd) < 3, close 0, 1, 2 as needed.
+	// Programs that know they inherit fds >= 3 will need
+	// to set them close-on-exec.
+	for i = len(fd); i < 3; i++ {
+		close(uintptr(i))
+	}
+
+	// Detach fd 0 from tty
+	if sys.Noctty {
+		err1 = ioctl(0, uintptr(TIOCNOTTY), 0)
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Make fd 0 the tty
+	if sys.Setctty {
+		err1 = ioctl(0, uintptr(TIOCSCTTY), 0)
+		if err1 != 0 {
+			goto childerror
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Time to exec.
+	err1 = execve(
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(argv0)),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&argv[0])),
+		uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&envv[0])))
+
+childerror:
+	// send error code on pipe
+	write1(uintptr(pipe), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&err1)), unsafe.Sizeof(err1))
+	for {
+		exit(253)
+	}
+}
+
+// Try to open a pipe with O_CLOEXEC set on both file descriptors.
+func forkExecPipe(p []int) error {
+	err := Pipe(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = fcntl(p[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	_, err = fcntl(p[1], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/exec_unix.go b/src/pkg/syscall/exec_unix.go
index b82e39701e..93670daeed 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/exec_unix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/exec_unix.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd
+// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris
 
 // Fork, exec, wait, etc.
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/mkall.sh b/src/pkg/syscall/mkall.sh
index 63abc869a7..79a3bc889e 100755
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/mkall.sh
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/mkall.sh
@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ plan9_386)
 	mksysnum="./mksysnum_plan9.sh /n/sources/plan9/sys/src/libc/9syscall/sys.h"
 	mktypes="XXX"
 	;;
+solaris_amd64)
+	mksyscall="./mksyscall_solaris.pl"
+	mkerrors="$mkerrors -m64"
+	mksysnum=
+	mktypes="GOARCH=$GOARCH go tool cgo -godefs"
+	;;
 windows_386)
 	mksyscall="./mksyscall_windows.pl -l32"
 	mksysnum=
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/mkerrors.sh b/src/pkg/syscall/mkerrors.sh
index 35f195413e..172d0e0875 100755
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/mkerrors.sh
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/mkerrors.sh
@@ -162,6 +162,24 @@ includes_OpenBSD='
 #include <net/if_bridge.h>
 '
 
+includes_SunOS='
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/sockio.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <net/bpf.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <net/if_arp.h>
+#include <net/if_types.h>
+#include <net/route.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#include <netinet/ip_mroute.h>
+'
+
 includes='
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/file.h>
@@ -304,7 +322,7 @@ echo ')'
 
 # Run C program to print error and syscall strings.
 (
-	/bin/echo "
+	echo -E "
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <errno.h>
@@ -320,22 +338,21 @@ int errors[] = {
 "
 	for i in $errors
 	do
-		/bin/echo '	'$i,
+		echo -E '	'$i,
 	done
 
-	/bin/echo "
+	echo -E "
 };
 
 int signals[] = {
 "
 	for i in $signals
 	do
-		/bin/echo '	'$i,
+		echo -E '	'$i,
 	done
 
-	# Use /bin/echo to avoid builtin echo,
-	# which interprets \n itself
-	/bin/echo '
+	# Use -E because on some systems bash builtin interprets \n itself.
+	echo -E '
 };
 
 static int
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/mksyscall_solaris.pl b/src/pkg/syscall/mksyscall_solaris.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..130d043d96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/mksyscall_solaris.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# This program reads a file containing function prototypes
+# (like syscall_solaris.go) and generates system call bodies.
+# The prototypes are marked by lines beginning with "//sys"
+# and read like func declarations if //sys is replaced by func, but:
+#	* The parameter lists must give a name for each argument.
+#	  This includes return parameters.
+#	* The parameter lists must give a type for each argument:
+#	  the (x, y, z int) shorthand is not allowed.
+#	* If the return parameter is an error number, it must be named err.
+#	* If go func name needs to be different than its libc name, 
+#	* or the function is not in libc, name could be specified
+#	* at the end, after "=" sign, like
+#	  //sys getsockopt(s int, level int, name int, val uintptr, vallen *_Socklen) (err error) = libsocket.getsockopt
+
+use strict;
+
+my $cmdline = "mksyscall_solaris.pl " . join(' ', @ARGV);
+my $errors = 0;
+my $_32bit = "";
+
+binmode STDOUT;
+
+if($ARGV[0] eq "-b32") {
+	$_32bit = "big-endian";
+	shift;
+} elsif($ARGV[0] eq "-l32") {
+	$_32bit = "little-endian";
+	shift;
+}
+
+if($ARGV[0] =~ /^-/) {
+	print STDERR "usage: mksyscall_solaris.pl [-b32 | -l32] [file ...]\n";
+	exit 1;
+}
+
+sub parseparamlist($) {
+	my ($list) = @_;
+	$list =~ s/^\s*//;
+	$list =~ s/\s*$//;
+	if($list eq "") {
+		return ();
+	}
+	return split(/\s*,\s*/, $list);
+}
+
+sub parseparam($) {
+	my ($p) = @_;
+	if($p !~ /^(\S*) (\S*)$/) {
+		print STDERR "$ARGV:$.: malformed parameter: $p\n";
+		$errors = 1;
+		return ("xx", "int");
+	}
+	return ($1, $2);
+}
+
+my $package = "";
+my $text = "";
+my $vars = "";
+my $mods = "";
+my $modnames = "";
+while(<>) {
+	chomp;
+	s/\s+/ /g;
+	s/^\s+//;
+	s/\s+$//;
+	$package = $1 if !$package && /^package (\S+)$/;
+	my $nonblock = /^\/\/sysnb /;
+	next if !/^\/\/sys / && !$nonblock;
+
+	my $syscalldot = "";
+	$syscalldot = "syscall." if $package ne "syscall";
+
+	# Line must be of the form
+	#	func Open(path string, mode int, perm int) (fd int, err error)
+	# Split into name, in params, out params.
+	if(!/^\/\/sys(nb)? (\w+)\(([^()]*)\)\s*(?:\(([^()]+)\))?\s*(?:=\s*(?:(\w*)\.)?(\w*))?$/) {
+		print STDERR "$ARGV:$.: malformed //sys declaration\n";
+		$errors = 1;
+		next;
+	}
+	my ($nb, $func, $in, $out, $modname, $sysname) = ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6);
+
+	# Split argument lists on comma.
+	my @in = parseparamlist($in);
+	my @out = parseparamlist($out);
+
+	# So file name.
+	if($modname eq "") {
+		$modname = "libc";
+	}
+	my $modvname = "mod$modname";
+	if($modnames !~ /$modname/) {
+		$modnames .= ".$modname";
+		$mods .= "\t$modvname = ${syscalldot}newLazySO(\"$modname.so\")\n";
+	}
+
+	# System call name.
+	if($sysname eq "") {
+		$sysname = "$func";
+	}
+
+	# System call pointer variable name.
+	my $sysvarname = "proc$sysname";
+
+	my $strconvfunc = "BytePtrFromString";
+	my $strconvtype = "*byte";
+
+	# Library proc address variable.
+	$sysname =~ y/A-Z/a-z/; # All libc functions are lowercase.
+	$vars .= "\t$sysvarname = $modvname.NewProc(\"$sysname\")\n";
+
+	# Go function header.
+	$out = join(', ', @out);
+	if($out ne "") {
+		$out = " ($out)";
+	}
+	if($text ne "") {
+		$text .= "\n"
+	}
+	$text .= sprintf "func %s(%s)%s {\n", $func, join(', ', @in), $out;
+
+	# Check if err return available
+	my $errvar = "";
+	foreach my $p (@out) {
+		my ($name, $type) = parseparam($p);
+		if($type eq "error") {
+			$errvar = $name;
+			last;
+		}
+	}
+
+	# Prepare arguments to Syscall.
+	my @args = ();
+	my $n = 0;
+	my @pin= ();
+	foreach my $p (@in) {
+		my ($name, $type) = parseparam($p);
+		if($type =~ /^\*/) {
+			push @args, "uintptr(unsafe.Pointer($name))";
+		} elsif($type eq "string" && $errvar ne "") {
+			$text .= "\tvar _p$n $strconvtype\n";
+			$text .= "\t_p$n, $errvar = $strconvfunc($name)\n";
+			$text .= "\tif $errvar != nil {\n\t\treturn\n\t}\n";
+			push @args, "uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(_p$n))";
+			$n++;
+		} elsif($type eq "string") {
+			print STDERR "$ARGV:$.: $func uses string arguments, but has no error return\n";
+			$text .= "\tvar _p$n $strconvtype\n";
+			$text .= "\t_p$n, _ = $strconvfunc($name)\n";
+			push @args, "uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(_p$n))";
+			$n++;
+		} elsif($type =~ /^\[\](.*)/) {
+			# Convert slice into pointer, length.
+			# Have to be careful not to take address of &a[0] if len == 0:
+			# pass nil in that case.
+			$text .= "\tvar _p$n *$1\n";
+			$text .= "\tif len($name) > 0 {\n\t\t_p$n = \&$name\[0]\n\t}\n";
+			push @args, "uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(_p$n))", "uintptr(len($name))";
+			$n++;
+		} elsif($type eq "int64" && $_32bit ne "") {
+			if($_32bit eq "big-endian") {
+				push @args, "uintptr($name >> 32)", "uintptr($name)";
+			} else {
+				push @args, "uintptr($name)", "uintptr($name >> 32)";
+			}
+		} elsif($type eq "bool") {
+ 			$text .= "\tvar _p$n uint32\n";
+			$text .= "\tif $name {\n\t\t_p$n = 1\n\t} else {\n\t\t_p$n = 0\n\t}\n";
+			push @args, "uintptr(_p$n)";
+			$n++;
+		} else {
+			push @args, "uintptr($name)";
+		}
+		push @pin, sprintf "\"%s=\", %s, ", $name, $name;
+	}
+	my $nargs = @args;
+
+	# Determine which form to use; pad args with zeros.
+	my $asm = "${syscalldot}sysvicall6";
+	if ($nonblock) {
+		$asm = "${syscalldot}rawSysvicall6";
+	}
+	if(@args <= 6) {
+		while(@args < 6) {
+			push @args, "0";
+		}
+	} else {
+		print STDERR "$ARGV:$.: too many arguments to system call\n";
+	}
+
+	# Actual call.
+	my $args = join(', ', @args);
+	my $call = "$asm($sysvarname.Addr(), $nargs, $args)";
+
+	# Assign return values.
+	my $body = "";
+	my $failexpr = "";
+	my @ret = ("_", "_", "_");
+	my @pout= ();
+	my $do_errno = 0;
+	for(my $i=0; $i<@out; $i++) {
+		my $p = $out[$i];
+		my ($name, $type) = parseparam($p);
+		my $reg = "";
+		if($name eq "err") {
+			$reg = "e1";
+			$ret[2] = $reg;
+			$do_errno = 1;
+		} else {
+			$reg = sprintf("r%d", $i);
+			$ret[$i] = $reg;
+		}
+		if($type eq "bool") {
+			$reg = "$reg != 0";
+		}
+		if($type eq "int64" && $_32bit ne "") {
+			# 64-bit number in r1:r0 or r0:r1.
+			if($i+2 > @out) {
+				print STDERR "$ARGV:$.: not enough registers for int64 return\n";
+			}
+			if($_32bit eq "big-endian") {
+				$reg = sprintf("int64(r%d)<<32 | int64(r%d)", $i, $i+1);
+			} else {
+				$reg = sprintf("int64(r%d)<<32 | int64(r%d)", $i+1, $i);
+			}
+			$ret[$i] = sprintf("r%d", $i);
+			$ret[$i+1] = sprintf("r%d", $i+1);
+		}
+		if($reg ne "e1") {
+			$body .= "\t$name = $type($reg)\n";
+		}
+	}
+	if ($ret[0] eq "_" && $ret[1] eq "_" && $ret[2] eq "_") {
+		$text .= "\t$call\n";
+	} else {
+		$text .= "\t$ret[0], $ret[1], $ret[2] := $call\n";
+	}
+	$text .= $body;
+
+	if ($do_errno) {
+		$text .= "\tif e1 != 0 {\n";
+		$text .= "\t\terr = e1\n";
+		$text .= "\t}\n";
+	}
+	$text .= "\treturn\n";
+	$text .= "}\n";
+}
+
+if($errors) {
+	exit 1;
+}
+
+print <<EOF;
+// $cmdline
+// MACHINE GENERATED BY THE COMMAND ABOVE; DO NOT EDIT
+
+package $package
+
+import "unsafe"
+EOF
+
+print "import \"syscall\"\n" if $package ne "syscall";
+
+print <<EOF;
+
+var (
+$mods
+$vars
+)
+
+$text
+
+EOF
+exit 0;
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/so_solaris.go b/src/pkg/syscall/so_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..659cd67c16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/so_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,260 @@
+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package syscall
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// soError describes reasons for shared library load failures.
+type soError struct {
+	Err     error
+	ObjName string
+	Msg     string
+}
+
+func (e *soError) Error() string { return e.Msg }
+
+// Implemented in ../runtime/syscall_solaris.goc.
+func rawSysvicall6(trap, nargs, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)
+func sysvicall6(trap, nargs, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5, a6 uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, err Errno)
+func dlclose(handle uintptr) (err Errno)
+func dlopen(name *uint8, mode uintptr) (handle uintptr, err Errno)
+func dlsym(handle uintptr, name *uint8) (proc uintptr, err Errno)
+
+// A so implements access to a single shared library object.
+type so struct {
+	Name   string
+	Handle uintptr
+}
+
+// loadSO loads shared library file into memory.
+func loadSO(name string) (*so, error) {
+	namep, err := BytePtrFromString(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	h, e := dlopen(namep, 1) // RTLD_LAZY
+	if e != 0 {
+		return nil, &soError{
+			Err:     e,
+			ObjName: name,
+			Msg:     "Failed to load " + name + ": " + e.Error(),
+		}
+	}
+	d := &so{
+		Name:   name,
+		Handle: uintptr(h),
+	}
+	return d, nil
+}
+
+// mustLoadSO is like loadSO but panics if load operation fails.
+func mustLoadSO(name string) *so {
+	d, e := loadSO(name)
+	if e != nil {
+		panic(e)
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
+// FindProc searches shared library d for procedure named name and returns
+// *proc if found. It returns an error if the search fails.
+func (d *so) FindProc(name string) (*proc, error) {
+	namep, err := BytePtrFromString(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	a, _ := dlsym(uintptr(d.Handle), namep)
+	if a == 0 {
+		return nil, &soError{
+			Err:     ENOSYS,
+			ObjName: name,
+			Msg:     "Failed to find " + name + " procedure in " + d.Name,
+		}
+	}
+	p := &proc{
+		SO:   d,
+		Name: name,
+		addr: a,
+	}
+	return p, nil
+}
+
+// MustFindProc is like FindProc but panics if search fails.
+func (d *so) MustFindProc(name string) *proc {
+	p, e := d.FindProc(name)
+	if e != nil {
+		panic(e)
+	}
+	return p
+}
+
+// Release unloads shared library d from memory.
+func (d *so) Release() (err error) {
+	return dlclose(d.Handle)
+}
+
+// A proc implements access to a procedure inside a shared library.
+type proc struct {
+	SO   *so
+	Name string
+	addr uintptr
+}
+
+// Addr returns the address of the procedure represented by p.
+// The return value can be passed to Syscall to run the procedure.
+func (p *proc) Addr() uintptr {
+	return p.addr
+}
+
+// Call executes procedure p with arguments a. It will panic, if more then
+// 6 arguments are supplied.
+//
+// The returned error is always non-nil, constructed from the result of
+// GetLastError.  Callers must inspect the primary return value to decide
+// whether an error occurred (according to the semantics of the specific
+// function being called) before consulting the error. The error will be
+// guaranteed to contain syscall.Errno.
+func (p *proc) Call(a ...uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, lastErr error) {
+	switch len(a) {
+	case 0:
+		return sysvicall6(p.Addr(), uintptr(len(a)), 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+	case 1:
+		return sysvicall6(p.Addr(), uintptr(len(a)), a[0], 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+	case 2:
+		return sysvicall6(p.Addr(), uintptr(len(a)), a[0], a[1], 0, 0, 0, 0)
+	case 3:
+		return sysvicall6(p.Addr(), uintptr(len(a)), a[0], a[1], a[2], 0, 0, 0)
+	case 4:
+		return sysvicall6(p.Addr(), uintptr(len(a)), a[0], a[1], a[2], a[3], 0, 0)
+	case 5:
+		return sysvicall6(p.Addr(), uintptr(len(a)), a[0], a[1], a[2], a[3], a[4], 0)
+	case 6:
+		return sysvicall6(p.Addr(), uintptr(len(a)), a[0], a[1], a[2], a[3], a[4], a[5])
+	default:
+		panic("Call " + p.Name + " with too many arguments " + itoa(len(a)) + ".")
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+// A lazySO implements access to a single shared library.  It will delay
+// the load of the shared library until the first call to its Handle method
+// or to one of its lazyProc's Addr method.
+type lazySO struct {
+	mu   sync.Mutex
+	so   *so // non nil once SO is loaded
+	Name string
+}
+
+// Load loads single shared file d.Name into memory. It returns an error if
+// fails.  Load will not try to load SO, if it is already loaded into memory.
+func (d *lazySO) Load() error {
+	// Non-racy version of:
+	// if d.so == nil {
+	if atomic.LoadPointer((*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&d.so))) == nil {
+		d.mu.Lock()
+		defer d.mu.Unlock()
+		if d.so == nil {
+			so, e := loadSO(d.Name)
+			if e != nil {
+				return e
+			}
+			// Non-racy version of:
+			// d.so = so
+			atomic.StorePointer((*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&d.so)), unsafe.Pointer(so))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// mustLoad is like Load but panics if search fails.
+func (d *lazySO) mustLoad() {
+	e := d.Load()
+	if e != nil {
+		panic(e)
+	}
+}
+
+// Handle returns d's module handle.
+func (d *lazySO) Handle() uintptr {
+	d.mustLoad()
+	return uintptr(d.so.Handle)
+}
+
+// NewProc returns a lazyProc for accessing the named procedure in the SO d.
+func (d *lazySO) NewProc(name string) *lazyProc {
+	return &lazyProc{l: d, Name: name}
+}
+
+// newLazySO creates new lazySO associated with SO file.
+func newLazySO(name string) *lazySO {
+	return &lazySO{Name: name}
+}
+
+// A lazyProc implements access to a procedure inside a lazySO.
+// It delays the lookup until the Addr method is called.
+type lazyProc struct {
+	mu   sync.Mutex
+	Name string
+	l    *lazySO
+	proc *proc
+}
+
+// Find searches the shared library for procedure named p.Name. It returns an
+// error if search fails. Find will not search procedure, if it is already
+// found and loaded into memory.
+func (p *lazyProc) Find() error {
+	// Non-racy version of:
+	// if p.proc == nil {
+	if atomic.LoadPointer((*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.proc))) == nil {
+		p.mu.Lock()
+		defer p.mu.Unlock()
+		if p.proc == nil {
+			e := p.l.Load()
+			if e != nil {
+				return e
+			}
+			proc, e := p.l.so.FindProc(p.Name)
+			if e != nil {
+				return e
+			}
+			// Non-racy version of:
+			// p.proc = proc
+			atomic.StorePointer((*unsafe.Pointer)(unsafe.Pointer(&p.proc)), unsafe.Pointer(proc))
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// mustFind is like Find but panics if search fails.
+func (p *lazyProc) mustFind() {
+	e := p.Find()
+	if e != nil {
+		panic(e)
+	}
+}
+
+// Addr returns the address of the procedure represented by p.
+// The return value can be passed to Syscall to run the procedure.
+func (p *lazyProc) Addr() uintptr {
+	p.mustFind()
+	return p.proc.Addr()
+}
+
+// Call executes procedure p with arguments a. It will panic, if more then
+// 6 arguments are supplied.
+//
+// The returned error is always non-nil, constructed from the result of
+// GetLastError.  Callers must inspect the primary return value to decide
+// whether an error occurred (according to the semantics of the specific
+// function being called) before consulting the error. The error will be
+// guaranteed to contain syscall.Errno.
+func (p *lazyProc) Call(a ...uintptr) (r1, r2 uintptr, lastErr error) {
+	p.mustFind()
+	return p.proc.Call(a...)
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go b/src/pkg/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
index a2d234f217..2cdc28ee35 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/sockcmsg_unix.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd
+// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris
 
 // Socket control messages
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_solaris.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e3f8bac2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,532 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Solaris system calls.
+// This file is compiled as ordinary Go code,
+// but it is also input to mksyscall,
+// which parses the //sys lines and generates system call stubs.
+// Note that sometimes we use a lowercase //sys name and wrap
+// it in our own nicer implementation, either here or in
+// syscall_solaris.go or syscall_unix.go.
+
+package syscall
+
+import "unsafe"
+
+type SockaddrDatalink struct {
+	Len    uint8
+	Family uint8
+	Index  uint16
+	Type   uint8
+	Nlen   uint8
+	Alen   uint8
+	Slen   uint8
+	Data   [46]int8
+	raw    RawSockaddrDatalink
+}
+
+func clen(n []byte) int {
+	for i := 0; i < len(n); i++ {
+		if n[i] == 0 {
+			return i
+		}
+	}
+	return len(n)
+}
+
+// ParseDirent parses up to max directory entries in buf,
+// appending the names to names.  It returns the number
+// bytes consumed from buf, the number of entries added
+// to names, and the new names slice.
+func ParseDirent(buf []byte, max int, names []string) (consumed int, count int, newnames []string) {
+	origlen := len(buf)
+	for max != 0 && len(buf) > 0 {
+		dirent := (*Dirent)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0]))
+		if dirent.Reclen == 0 {
+			buf = nil
+			break
+		}
+		buf = buf[dirent.Reclen:]
+		if dirent.Ino == 0 { // File absent in directory.
+			continue
+		}
+		bytes := (*[10000]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&dirent.Name[0]))
+		var name = string(bytes[0:clen(bytes[:])])
+		if name == "." || name == ".." { // Useless names
+			continue
+		}
+		max--
+		count++
+		names = append(names, name)
+	}
+	return origlen - len(buf), count, names
+}
+
+func pipe() (r uintptr, w uintptr, err uintptr)
+
+func Pipe(p []int) (err error) {
+	if len(p) != 2 {
+		return EINVAL
+	}
+	r0, w0, e1 := pipe()
+	if e1 != 0 {
+		err = Errno(e1)
+	}
+	p[0], p[1] = int(r0), int(w0)
+	return
+}
+
+type IPMreqn struct {
+	Multiaddr [4]byte /* in_addr */
+	Address   [4]byte /* in_addr */
+	Ifindex   int32
+}
+
+func (sa *SockaddrInet4) sockaddr() (unsafe.Pointer, _Socklen, error) {
+	if sa.Port < 0 || sa.Port > 0xFFFF {
+		return nil, 0, EINVAL
+	}
+	sa.raw.Family = AF_INET
+	p := (*[2]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sa.raw.Port))
+	p[0] = byte(sa.Port >> 8)
+	p[1] = byte(sa.Port)
+	for i := 0; i < len(sa.Addr); i++ {
+		sa.raw.Addr[i] = sa.Addr[i]
+	}
+	return unsafe.Pointer(&sa.raw), SizeofSockaddrInet4, nil
+}
+
+func (sa *SockaddrInet6) sockaddr() (unsafe.Pointer, _Socklen, error) {
+	if sa.Port < 0 || sa.Port > 0xFFFF {
+		return nil, 0, EINVAL
+	}
+	sa.raw.Family = AF_INET6
+	p := (*[2]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sa.raw.Port))
+	p[0] = byte(sa.Port >> 8)
+	p[1] = byte(sa.Port)
+	sa.raw.Scope_id = sa.ZoneId
+	for i := 0; i < len(sa.Addr); i++ {
+		sa.raw.Addr[i] = sa.Addr[i]
+	}
+	return unsafe.Pointer(&sa.raw), SizeofSockaddrInet6, nil
+}
+
+func (sa *SockaddrUnix) sockaddr() (unsafe.Pointer, _Socklen, error) {
+	name := sa.Name
+	n := len(name)
+	if n >= len(sa.raw.Path) {
+		return nil, 0, EINVAL
+	}
+	sa.raw.Family = AF_UNIX
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		sa.raw.Path[i] = int8(name[i])
+	}
+	// length is family (uint16), name, NUL.
+	sl := _Socklen(2)
+	if n > 0 {
+		sl += _Socklen(n) + 1
+	}
+	if sa.raw.Path[0] == '@' {
+		sa.raw.Path[0] = 0
+		// Don't count trailing NUL for abstract address.
+		sl--
+	}
+
+	return unsafe.Pointer(&sa.raw), sl, nil
+}
+
+func Getsockname(fd int) (sa Sockaddr, err error) {
+	var rsa RawSockaddrAny
+	var len _Socklen = SizeofSockaddrAny
+	if err = getsockname(fd, &rsa, &len); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	return anyToSockaddr(&rsa)
+}
+
+func GetsockoptInet4Addr(fd, level, opt int) (value [4]byte, err error) {
+	vallen := _Socklen(4)
+	err = getsockopt(fd, level, opt, unsafe.Pointer(&value[0]), &vallen)
+	return value, err
+}
+
+func GetsockoptIPMreqn(fd, level, opt int) (*IPMreqn, error) {
+	// TODO(dfc)
+	return nil, EINVAL
+}
+
+func SetsockoptIPMreqn(fd, level, opt int, mreq *IPMreqn) (err error) {
+	return setsockopt(fd, level, opt, unsafe.Pointer(mreq), unsafe.Sizeof(*mreq))
+}
+
+// The const provides a compile-time constant so clients
+// can adjust to whether there is a working Getwd and avoid
+// even linking this function into the binary.  See ../os/getwd.go.
+const ImplementsGetwd = false
+
+func Getwd() (string, error) { return "", ENOTSUP }
+
+/*
+ * Wrapped
+ */
+
+//sysnb	getgroups(ngid int, gid *_Gid_t) (n int, err error)
+//sysnb	setgroups(ngid int, gid *_Gid_t) (err error)
+
+func Getgroups() (gids []int, err error) {
+	n, err := getgroups(0, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if n == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	// Sanity check group count.  Max is 16 on BSD.
+	if n < 0 || n > 1000 {
+		return nil, EINVAL
+	}
+
+	a := make([]_Gid_t, n)
+	n, err = getgroups(n, &a[0])
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	gids = make([]int, n)
+	for i, v := range a[0:n] {
+		gids[i] = int(v)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func Setgroups(gids []int) (err error) {
+	if len(gids) == 0 {
+		return setgroups(0, nil)
+	}
+
+	a := make([]_Gid_t, len(gids))
+	for i, v := range gids {
+		a[i] = _Gid_t(v)
+	}
+	return setgroups(len(a), &a[0])
+}
+
+func ReadDirent(fd int, buf []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	// Final argument is (basep *uintptr) and the syscall doesn't take nil.
+	// TODO(rsc): Can we use a single global basep for all calls?
+	return Getdents(fd, buf, new(uintptr))
+}
+
+// Wait status is 7 bits at bottom, either 0 (exited),
+// 0x7F (stopped), or a signal number that caused an exit.
+// The 0x80 bit is whether there was a core dump.
+// An extra number (exit code, signal causing a stop)
+// is in the high bits.
+
+type WaitStatus uint32
+
+const (
+	mask  = 0x7F
+	core  = 0x80
+	shift = 8
+
+	exited  = 0
+	stopped = 0x7F
+)
+
+func (w WaitStatus) Exited() bool { return w&mask == exited }
+
+func (w WaitStatus) ExitStatus() int {
+	if w&mask != exited {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return int(w >> shift)
+}
+
+func (w WaitStatus) Signaled() bool { return w&mask != stopped && w&mask != 0 }
+
+func (w WaitStatus) Signal() Signal {
+	sig := Signal(w & mask)
+	if sig == stopped || sig == 0 {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return sig
+}
+
+func (w WaitStatus) CoreDump() bool { return w.Signaled() && w&core != 0 }
+
+func (w WaitStatus) Stopped() bool { return w&mask == stopped && Signal(w>>shift) != SIGSTOP }
+
+func (w WaitStatus) Continued() bool { return w&mask == stopped && Signal(w>>shift) == SIGSTOP }
+
+func (w WaitStatus) StopSignal() Signal {
+	if !w.Stopped() {
+		return -1
+	}
+	return Signal(w>>shift) & 0xFF
+}
+
+func (w WaitStatus) TrapCause() int { return -1 }
+
+func wait4(pid uintptr, wstatus *WaitStatus, options uintptr, rusage *Rusage) (wpid uintptr, err uintptr)
+
+func Wait4(pid int, wstatus *WaitStatus, options int, rusage *Rusage) (wpid int, err error) {
+	r0, e1 := wait4(uintptr(pid), wstatus, uintptr(options), rusage)
+	if e1 != 0 {
+		err = Errno(e1)
+	}
+	return int(r0), err
+}
+
+func gethostname() (name string, err uintptr)
+
+func Gethostname() (name string, err error) {
+	name, e1 := gethostname()
+	if e1 != 0 {
+		err = Errno(e1)
+	}
+	return name, err
+}
+
+func UtimesNano(path string, ts []Timespec) (err error) {
+	if len(ts) != 2 {
+		return EINVAL
+	}
+	var tv [2]Timeval
+	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+		tv[i].Sec = ts[i].Sec
+		tv[i].Usec = ts[i].Nsec / 1000
+	}
+	return Utimes(path, (*[2]Timeval)(unsafe.Pointer(&tv[0])))
+}
+
+//sys	fcntl(fd int, cmd int, arg int) (val int, err error)
+
+// FcntlFlock performs a fcntl syscall for the F_GETLK, F_SETLK or F_SETLKW command.
+func FcntlFlock(fd uintptr, cmd int, lk *Flock_t) error {
+	_, _, e1 := sysvicall6(procfcntl.Addr(), 3, uintptr(fd), uintptr(cmd), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(lk)), 0, 0, 0)
+	if e1 != 0 {
+		return e1
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func anyToSockaddr(rsa *RawSockaddrAny) (Sockaddr, error) {
+	switch rsa.Addr.Family {
+	case AF_UNIX:
+		pp := (*RawSockaddrUnix)(unsafe.Pointer(rsa))
+		sa := new(SockaddrUnix)
+		// Assume path ends at NUL.
+		// This is not technically the Solaris semantics for
+		// abstract Unix domain sockets -- they are supposed
+		// to be uninterpreted fixed-size binary blobs -- but
+		// everyone uses this convention.
+		n := 0
+		for n < len(pp.Path) && pp.Path[n] != 0 {
+			n++
+		}
+		bytes := (*[10000]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Path[0]))[0:n]
+		sa.Name = string(bytes)
+		return sa, nil
+
+	case AF_INET:
+		pp := (*RawSockaddrInet4)(unsafe.Pointer(rsa))
+		sa := new(SockaddrInet4)
+		p := (*[2]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Port))
+		sa.Port = int(p[0])<<8 + int(p[1])
+		for i := 0; i < len(sa.Addr); i++ {
+			sa.Addr[i] = pp.Addr[i]
+		}
+		return sa, nil
+
+	case AF_INET6:
+		pp := (*RawSockaddrInet6)(unsafe.Pointer(rsa))
+		sa := new(SockaddrInet6)
+		p := (*[2]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&pp.Port))
+		sa.Port = int(p[0])<<8 + int(p[1])
+		sa.ZoneId = pp.Scope_id
+		for i := 0; i < len(sa.Addr); i++ {
+			sa.Addr[i] = pp.Addr[i]
+		}
+		return sa, nil
+	}
+	return nil, EAFNOSUPPORT
+}
+
+//sys	accept(s int, rsa *RawSockaddrAny, addrlen *_Socklen) (fd int, err error) = libsocket.accept
+func Accept(fd int) (nfd int, sa Sockaddr, err error) {
+	var rsa RawSockaddrAny
+	var len _Socklen = SizeofSockaddrAny
+	nfd, err = accept(fd, &rsa, &len)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	sa, err = anyToSockaddr(&rsa)
+	if err != nil {
+		Close(nfd)
+		nfd = 0
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func Recvmsg(fd int, p, oob []byte, flags int) (n, oobn int, recvflags int, from Sockaddr, err error) {
+	var msg Msghdr
+	var rsa RawSockaddrAny
+	msg.Name = (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&rsa))
+	msg.Namelen = uint32(SizeofSockaddrAny)
+	var iov Iovec
+	if len(p) > 0 {
+		iov.Base = (*int8)(unsafe.Pointer(&p[0]))
+		iov.SetLen(len(p))
+	}
+	var dummy int8
+	if len(oob) > 0 {
+		// receive at least one normal byte
+		if len(p) == 0 {
+			iov.Base = &dummy
+			iov.SetLen(1)
+		}
+		msg.Accrights = (*int8)(unsafe.Pointer(&oob[0]))
+	}
+	msg.Iov = &iov
+	msg.Iovlen = 1
+	if n, err = recvmsg(fd, &msg, flags); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	oobn = int(msg.Accrightslen)
+	// source address is only specified if the socket is unconnected
+	if rsa.Addr.Family != AF_UNSPEC {
+		from, err = anyToSockaddr(&rsa)
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+//sys	sendmsg(s int, msg *Msghdr, flags int) (err error) = libsocket.sendmsg
+func Sendmsg(fd int, p, oob []byte, to Sockaddr, flags int) (err error) {
+	var ptr unsafe.Pointer
+	var salen _Socklen
+	if to != nil {
+		ptr, salen, err = to.sockaddr()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	var msg Msghdr
+	msg.Name = (*byte)(unsafe.Pointer(ptr))
+	msg.Namelen = uint32(salen)
+	var iov Iovec
+	if len(p) > 0 {
+		iov.Base = (*int8)(unsafe.Pointer(&p[0]))
+		iov.SetLen(len(p))
+	}
+	var dummy int8
+	if len(oob) > 0 {
+		// send at least one normal byte
+		if len(p) == 0 {
+			iov.Base = &dummy
+			iov.SetLen(1)
+		}
+		msg.Accrights = (*int8)(unsafe.Pointer(&oob[0]))
+	}
+	msg.Iov = &iov
+	msg.Iovlen = 1
+	return sendmsg(fd, &msg, flags)
+}
+
+/*
+ * Exposed directly
+ */
+//sys	Access(path string, mode uint32) (err error)
+//sys	Adjtime(delta *Timeval, olddelta *Timeval) (err error)
+//sys	Chdir(path string) (err error)
+//sys	Chmod(path string, mode uint32) (err error)
+//sys	Chown(path string, uid int, gid int) (err error)
+//sys	Chroot(path string) (err error)
+//sys	Close(fd int) (err error)
+//sys	Dup(fd int) (nfd int, err error)
+//sys	Exit(code int)
+//sys	Fchdir(fd int) (err error)
+//sys	Fchmod(fd int, mode uint32) (err error)
+//sys	Fchown(fd int, uid int, gid int) (err error)
+//sys	Fpathconf(fd int, name int) (val int, err error)
+//sys	Fstat(fd int, stat *Stat_t) (err error)
+//sys	Getdents(fd int, buf []byte, basep *uintptr) (n int, err error)
+//sysnb	Getgid() (gid int)
+//sysnb	Getpid() (pid int)
+//sys	Geteuid() (euid int)
+//sys	Getegid() (egid int)
+//sys	Getppid() (ppid int)
+//sys	Getpriority(which int, who int) (n int, err error)
+//sysnb	Getrlimit(which int, lim *Rlimit) (err error)
+//sysnb	Gettimeofday(tv *Timeval) (err error)
+//sysnb	Getuid() (uid int)
+//sys	Kill(pid int, signum Signal) (err error)
+//sys	Lchown(path string, uid int, gid int) (err error)
+//sys	Link(path string, link string) (err error)
+//sys	Listen(s int, backlog int) (err error) = libsocket.listen
+//sys	Lstat(path string, stat *Stat_t) (err error)
+//sys	Mkdir(path string, mode uint32) (err error)
+//sys	Mknod(path string, mode uint32, dev int) (err error)
+//sys	Nanosleep(time *Timespec, leftover *Timespec) (err error)
+//sys	Open(path string, mode int, perm uint32) (fd int, err error)
+//sys	Pathconf(path string, name int) (val int, err error)
+//sys	Pread(fd int, p []byte, offset int64) (n int, err error)
+//sys	Pwrite(fd int, p []byte, offset int64) (n int, err error)
+//sys	read(fd int, p []byte) (n int, err error)
+//sys	Readlink(path string, buf []byte) (n int, err error)
+//sys	Rename(from string, to string) (err error)
+//sys	Rmdir(path string) (err error)
+//sys	Seek(fd int, offset int64, whence int) (newoffset int64, err error) = lseek
+//sysnb	Setegid(egid int) (err error)
+//sysnb	Seteuid(euid int) (err error)
+//sysnb	Setgid(gid int) (err error)
+//sysnb	Setpgid(pid int, pgid int) (err error)
+//sys	Setpriority(which int, who int, prio int) (err error)
+//sysnb	Setregid(rgid int, egid int) (err error)
+//sysnb	Setreuid(ruid int, euid int) (err error)
+//sysnb	Setrlimit(which int, lim *Rlimit) (err error)
+//sysnb	Setsid() (pid int, err error)
+//sysnb	Setuid(uid int) (err error)
+//sys	Shutdown(s int, how int) (err error) = libsocket.shutdown
+//sys	Stat(path string, stat *Stat_t) (err error)
+//sys	Symlink(path string, link string) (err error)
+//sys	Sync() (err error)
+//sys	Truncate(path string, length int64) (err error)
+//sys	Fsync(fd int) (err error)
+//sys	Ftruncate(fd int, length int64) (err error)
+//sys	Umask(newmask int) (oldmask int)
+//sys	Unlink(path string) (err error)
+//sys	Utimes(path string, times *[2]Timeval) (err error)
+//sys	bind(s int, addr unsafe.Pointer, addrlen _Socklen) (err error) = libsocket.bind
+//sys	connect(s int, addr unsafe.Pointer, addrlen _Socklen) (err error) = libsocket.connect
+//sys	mmap(addr uintptr, length uintptr, prot int, flag int, fd int, pos int64) (ret uintptr, err error)
+//sys	munmap(addr uintptr, length uintptr) (err error)
+//sys	sendto(s int, buf []byte, flags int, to unsafe.Pointer, addrlen _Socklen) (err error) = libsocket.sendto
+//sys	socket(domain int, typ int, proto int) (fd int, err error) = libsocket.socket
+//sysnb	socketpair(domain int, typ int, proto int, fd *[2]int32) (err error) = libsocket.socketpair
+//sys	write(fd int, p []byte) (n int, err error)
+//sys	getsockopt(s int, level int, name int, val unsafe.Pointer, vallen *_Socklen) (err error) = libsocket.getsockopt
+//sysnb	getpeername(fd int, rsa *RawSockaddrAny, addrlen *_Socklen) (err error) = libsocket.getpeername
+//sys	getsockname(fd int, rsa *RawSockaddrAny, addrlen *_Socklen) (err error) = libsocket.getsockname
+//sys	setsockopt(s int, level int, name int, val unsafe.Pointer, vallen uintptr) (err error) = libsocket.setsockopt
+//sys	recvfrom(fd int, p []byte, flags int, from *RawSockaddrAny, fromlen *_Socklen) (n int, err error) = libsocket.recvfrom
+//sys	recvmsg(s int, msg *Msghdr, flags int) (n int, err error) = libsocket.recvmsg
+
+func readlen(fd int, buf *byte, nbuf int) (n int, err error) {
+	r0, _, e1 := sysvicall6(procread.Addr(), 3, uintptr(fd), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(buf)), uintptr(nbuf), 0, 0, 0)
+	n = int(r0)
+	if e1 != 0 {
+		err = e1
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func writelen(fd int, buf *byte, nbuf int) (n int, err error) {
+	r0, _, e1 := sysvicall6(procwrite.Addr(), 3, uintptr(fd), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(buf)), uintptr(nbuf), 0, 0, 0)
+	n = int(r0)
+	if e1 != 0 {
+		err = e1
+	}
+	return
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_solaris_amd64.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_solaris_amd64.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37cf06d706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_solaris_amd64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package syscall
+
+func Getpagesize() int { return 4096 }
+
+func TimespecToNsec(ts Timespec) int64 { return int64(ts.Sec)*1e9 + int64(ts.Nsec) }
+
+func NsecToTimespec(nsec int64) (ts Timespec) {
+	ts.Sec = nsec / 1e9
+	ts.Nsec = nsec % 1e9
+	return
+}
+
+func TimevalToNsec(tv Timeval) int64 { return int64(tv.Sec)*1e9 + int64(tv.Usec)*1e3 }
+
+func NsecToTimeval(nsec int64) (tv Timeval) {
+	nsec += 999 // round up to microsecond
+	tv.Usec = nsec % 1e9 / 1e3
+	tv.Sec = int64(nsec / 1e9)
+	return
+}
+
+func (iov *Iovec) SetLen(length int) {
+	iov.Len = uint64(length)
+}
+
+func (cmsg *Cmsghdr) SetLen(length int) {
+	cmsg.Len = uint32(length)
+}
+
+func sendfile(outfd int, infd int, offset *int64, count int) (written int, err error) {
+	// TODO(aram): implement this, see issue 5847.
+	panic("unimplemented")
+}
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix.go
index e363dc5bbf..de5ff95cf1 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd
+// +build darwin dragonfly freebsd linux netbsd openbsd solaris
 
 package syscall
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
index cff44de6a1..0292d3b37f 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_unix_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// +build freebsd dragonfly darwin linux netbsd openbsd
+// +build freebsd dragonfly darwin linux netbsd openbsd solaris
 
 package syscall_test
 
@@ -85,9 +85,13 @@ func TestFcntlFlock(t *testing.T) {
 // "-test.run=^TestPassFD$" and an environment variable used to signal
 // that the test should become the child process instead.
 func TestPassFD(t *testing.T) {
-	if runtime.GOOS == "dragonfly" {
+	switch runtime.GOOS {
+	case "dragonfly":
 		// TODO(jsing): Figure out why sendmsg is returning EINVAL.
 		t.Skip("skipping test on dragonfly")
+	case "solaris":
+		// TODO(aram): Figure out why ReadMsgUnix is returning empty message.
+		t.Skip("skipping test on solaris, see issue 7402")
 	}
 	if os.Getenv("GO_WANT_HELPER_PROCESS") == "1" {
 		passFDChild()
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/types_solaris.go b/src/pkg/syscall/types_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53fa35068f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/types_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build ignore
+
+/*
+Input to cgo -godefs.  See also mkerrors.sh and mkall.sh
+*/
+
+// +godefs map struct_in_addr [4]byte /* in_addr */
+// +godefs map struct_in6_addr [16]byte /* in6_addr */
+
+package syscall
+
+/*
+#define KERNEL
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+#include <sys/param.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
+#include <sys/select.h>
+#include <sys/signal.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <net/bpf.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <net/if_dl.h>
+#include <net/route.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/icmp6.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+
+enum {
+	sizeofPtr = sizeof(void*),
+};
+
+union sockaddr_all {
+	struct sockaddr s1;	// this one gets used for fields
+	struct sockaddr_in s2;	// these pad it out
+	struct sockaddr_in6 s3;
+	struct sockaddr_un s4;
+	struct sockaddr_dl s5;
+};
+
+struct sockaddr_any {
+	struct sockaddr addr;
+	char pad[sizeof(union sockaddr_all) - sizeof(struct sockaddr)];
+};
+
+*/
+import "C"
+
+// Machine characteristics; for internal use.
+
+const (
+	sizeofPtr      = C.sizeofPtr
+	sizeofShort    = C.sizeof_short
+	sizeofInt      = C.sizeof_int
+	sizeofLong     = C.sizeof_long
+	sizeofLongLong = C.sizeof_longlong
+)
+
+// Basic types
+
+type (
+	_C_short     C.short
+	_C_int       C.int
+	_C_long      C.long
+	_C_long_long C.longlong
+)
+
+// Time
+
+type Timespec C.struct_timespec
+
+type Timeval C.struct_timeval
+
+type Timeval32 C.struct_timeval32
+
+// Processes
+
+type Rusage C.struct_rusage
+
+type Rlimit C.struct_rlimit
+
+type _Gid_t C.gid_t
+
+// Files
+
+const ( // Directory mode bits
+	S_IFMT   = C.S_IFMT
+	S_IFIFO  = C.S_IFIFO
+	S_IFCHR  = C.S_IFCHR
+	S_IFDIR  = C.S_IFDIR
+	S_IFBLK  = C.S_IFBLK
+	S_IFREG  = C.S_IFREG
+	S_IFLNK  = C.S_IFLNK
+	S_IFSOCK = C.S_IFSOCK
+	S_ISUID  = C.S_ISUID
+	S_ISGID  = C.S_ISGID
+	S_ISVTX  = C.S_ISVTX
+	S_IRUSR  = C.S_IRUSR
+	S_IWUSR  = C.S_IWUSR
+	S_IXUSR  = C.S_IXUSR
+)
+
+type Stat_t C.struct_stat
+
+type Flock_t C.struct_flock
+
+type Dirent C.struct_dirent
+
+// Sockets
+
+type RawSockaddrInet4 C.struct_sockaddr_in
+
+type RawSockaddrInet6 C.struct_sockaddr_in6
+
+type RawSockaddrUnix C.struct_sockaddr_un
+
+type RawSockaddrDatalink C.struct_sockaddr_dl
+
+type RawSockaddr C.struct_sockaddr
+
+type RawSockaddrAny C.struct_sockaddr_any
+
+type _Socklen C.socklen_t
+
+type Linger C.struct_linger
+
+type Iovec C.struct_iovec
+
+type IPMreq C.struct_ip_mreq
+
+type IPv6Mreq C.struct_ipv6_mreq
+
+type Msghdr C.struct_msghdr
+
+type Cmsghdr C.struct_cmsghdr
+
+type Inet6Pktinfo C.struct_in6_pktinfo
+
+type IPv6MTUInfo C.struct_ip6_mtuinfo
+
+type ICMPv6Filter C.struct_icmp6_filter
+
+const (
+	SizeofSockaddrInet4    = C.sizeof_struct_sockaddr_in
+	SizeofSockaddrInet6    = C.sizeof_struct_sockaddr_in6
+	SizeofSockaddrAny      = C.sizeof_struct_sockaddr_any
+	SizeofSockaddrUnix     = C.sizeof_struct_sockaddr_un
+	SizeofSockaddrDatalink = C.sizeof_struct_sockaddr_dl
+	SizeofLinger           = C.sizeof_struct_linger
+	SizeofIPMreq           = C.sizeof_struct_ip_mreq
+	SizeofIPv6Mreq         = C.sizeof_struct_ipv6_mreq
+	SizeofMsghdr           = C.sizeof_struct_msghdr
+	SizeofCmsghdr          = C.sizeof_struct_cmsghdr
+	SizeofInet6Pktinfo     = C.sizeof_struct_in6_pktinfo
+	SizeofIPv6MTUInfo      = C.sizeof_struct_ip6_mtuinfo
+	SizeofICMPv6Filter     = C.sizeof_struct_icmp6_filter
+)
+
+// Select
+
+type FdSet C.fd_set
+
+// Routing and interface messages
+
+const (
+	SizeofIfMsghdr  = C.sizeof_struct_if_msghdr
+	SizeofIfData    = C.sizeof_struct_if_data
+	SizeofIfaMsghdr = C.sizeof_struct_ifa_msghdr
+	SizeofRtMsghdr  = C.sizeof_struct_rt_msghdr
+	SizeofRtMetrics = C.sizeof_struct_rt_metrics
+)
+
+type IfMsghdr C.struct_if_msghdr
+
+type IfData C.struct_if_data
+
+type IfaMsghdr C.struct_ifa_msghdr
+
+type RtMsghdr C.struct_rt_msghdr
+
+type RtMetrics C.struct_rt_metrics
+
+// Berkeley packet filter
+
+const (
+	SizeofBpfVersion = C.sizeof_struct_bpf_version
+	SizeofBpfStat    = C.sizeof_struct_bpf_stat
+	SizeofBpfProgram = C.sizeof_struct_bpf_program
+	SizeofBpfInsn    = C.sizeof_struct_bpf_insn
+	SizeofBpfHdr     = C.sizeof_struct_bpf_hdr
+)
+
+type BpfVersion C.struct_bpf_version
+
+type BpfStat C.struct_bpf_stat
+
+type BpfProgram C.struct_bpf_program
+
+type BpfInsn C.struct_bpf_insn
+
+type BpfTimeval C.struct_bpf_timeval
+
+type BpfHdr C.struct_bpf_hdr
+
+// Terminal handling
+
+type Termios C.struct_termios