diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 79138561dcb..af7236e4ba7 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(alarm bcmp bfill bmove bsearch bzero \
   sighold sigset sigthreadmask port_create sleep \
   snprintf socket stpcpy strcasecmp strerror strsignal strnlen strpbrk strstr \
   strtol strtoll strtoul strtoull tell tempnam thr_setconcurrency vidattr \
-  posix_fallocate backtrace backtrace_symbols backtrace_symbols_fd)
+  posix_fallocate backtrace backtrace_symbols backtrace_symbols_fd printstack)
 
 #
 #
diff --git a/include/my_stacktrace.h b/include/my_stacktrace.h
index e7ce42c1f4f..df384b1c566 100644
--- a/include/my_stacktrace.h
+++ b/include/my_stacktrace.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     (defined(__alpha__) && defined(__GNUC__))
 #define HAVE_STACKTRACE 1
 #endif
-#elif defined(__WIN__)
+#elif defined(__WIN__) || defined(__sun)
 #define HAVE_STACKTRACE 1
 #endif
 
diff --git a/mysys/stacktrace.c b/mysys/stacktrace.c
index 66a361b5421..75fda93b56e 100644
--- a/mysys/stacktrace.c
+++ b/mysys/stacktrace.c
@@ -63,7 +63,26 @@ void my_safe_print_str(const char* name, const char* val, int max_len)
   fputc('\n', stderr);
 }
 
-#if HAVE_BACKTRACE && (HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS || HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS_FD)
+#if defined(HAVE_PRINTSTACK)
+
+/* Use Solaris' symbolic stack trace routine. */
+#include <ucontext.h>
+
+void my_print_stacktrace(uchar* stack_bottom __attribute__((unused)), 
+                         ulong thread_stack __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+  if (printstack(fileno(stderr)) == -1)
+    fprintf(stderr, "Error when traversing the stack, stack appears corrupt.\n");
+  else
+    fprintf(stderr,
+            "Please read "
+            "http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/resolve-stack-dump.html\n"
+            "and follow instructions on how to resolve the stack trace.\n"
+            "Resolved stack trace is much more helpful in diagnosing the\n"
+            "problem, so please do resolve it\n");
+}
+
+#elif HAVE_BACKTRACE && (HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS || HAVE_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS_FD)
 
 #if BACKTRACE_DEMANGLE