diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b3d99a135bf037301e882da2367cbb0b04784c9e..1eb3ba95ffdd5f65f5405e01d5ac6b455763af5a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1594,6 +1594,11 @@ elif $cc -v 2>&1 | grep -q clang; then
     cc_version=__VERSION__
     CC_DEPFLAGS='-MMD'
     AS_DEPFLAGS='-MMD'
+elif $cc -V 2>&1 | grep -q Sun; then
+    cc_type=suncc
+    cc_version="AV_STRINGIFY(__SUNPRO_C)"
+    DEPEND_CMD='$(DEPCC) $(DEPFLAGS) $< | sed -e "1s,^.*: ,$@: ," -e "\$$!s,\$$, \\\\\\," -e "1!s,^.*: , ," > $(@:.o=.d)'
+    DEPFLAGS='$(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -xM1'
 fi
 
 test -n "$cc_type" && enable $cc_type || echolog "Unknown C compiler $cc"