diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 20ac6ff..7c9a47e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.415 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.416 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53 for python 2.3.
 #
@@ -3269,7 +3269,7 @@
           ;;
     SunOS*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
-	  BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-rpath,$(LIBDIR) -L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
+	  BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-R,$(LIBDIR) -L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
           ;;
     Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 4021728..1bd0f61 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@
           ;;
     SunOS*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
-	  BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-rpath,$(LIBDIR) -L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
+	  BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-R,$(LIBDIR) -L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
           ;;
     Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*)