diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e9a95aaec4..a453be75b4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ COMPILE_HOSTC = $(call COMPILE,HOSTCC)
 	$(Q)echo '#include "$*.h"' >$@
 
 %.ver: %.v
-	$(Q)sed 's/$$MAJOR/$($(basename $(@F))_VERSION_MAJOR)/' $^ > $@
+	$(Q)sed 's/$$MAJOR/$($(basename $(@F))_VERSION_MAJOR)/' $^ | sed -e 's/:/:\
+/' -e 's/; /;\
+/g' > $@
 
 %.c %.h: TAG = GEN
 
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index adab9d17bb..ed9cbd4dbd 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ $(TOOLOBJS): | tools
 
 OBJDIRS := $(OBJDIRS) $(dir $(OBJS) $(HOBJS) $(HOSTOBJS) $(TESTOBJS))
 
-CLEANSUFFIXES     = *.d *.o *~ *.h.c *.map *.ver *.gcno *.gcda
+CLEANSUFFIXES     = *.d *.o *~ *.h.c *.map *.ver *.ver-sol2 *.gcno *.gcda
 DISTCLEANSUFFIXES = *.pc
 LIBSUFFIXES       = *.a *.lib *.so *.so.* *.dylib *.dll *.def *.dll.a
 
diff --git a/compat/solaris/make_sunver.pl b/compat/solaris/make_sunver.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..929bdda7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/solaris/make_sunver.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+
+# make_sunver.pl
+#
+#   Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
+#   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; see the file COPYING.GPLv3.  If not see
+# <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# This script takes at least two arguments, a GNU style version script and
+# a list of object and archive files, and generates a corresponding Sun
+# style version script as follows:
+#
+# Each glob pattern, C++ mangled pattern or literal in the input script is
+# matched against all global symbols in the input objects, emitting those
+# that matched (or nothing if no match was found).
+# A comment with the original pattern and its type is left in the output
+# file to make it easy to understand the matches.
+#
+# It uses elfdump when present (native), GNU readelf otherwise.
+# It depends on the GNU version of c++filt, since it must understand the
+# GNU mangling style.
+
+use FileHandle;
+use IPC::Open2;
+
+# Enforce C locale.
+$ENV{'LC_ALL'} = "C";
+$ENV{'LANG'} = "C";
+
+# Input version script, GNU style.
+my $symvers = shift;
+
+##########
+# Get all the symbols from the library, match them, and add them to a hash.
+
+my %sym_hash = ();
+
+# List of objects and archives to process.
+my @OBJECTS = ();
+
+# List of shared objects to omit from processing.
+my @SHAREDOBJS = ();
+
+# Filter out those input archives that have corresponding shared objects to
+# avoid adding all symbols matched in the archive to the output map.
+foreach $file (@ARGV) {
+    if (($so = $file) =~ s/\.a$/.so/ && -e $so) {
+    printf STDERR "omitted $file -> $so\n";
+    push (@SHAREDOBJS, $so);
+    } else {
+    push (@OBJECTS, $file);
+    }
+}
+
+# We need to detect and ignore hidden symbols.  Solaris nm can only detect
+# this in the harder to parse default output format, and GNU nm not at all,
+# so use elfdump -s in the native case and GNU readelf -s otherwise.
+# GNU objdump -t cannot be used since it produces a variable number of
+# columns.
+
+# The path to elfdump.
+my $elfdump = "/usr/ccs/bin/elfdump";
+
+if (-f $elfdump) {
+    open ELFDUMP,$elfdump.' -s '.(join ' ',@OBJECTS).'|' or die $!;
+    my $skip_arsym = 0;
+
+    while (<ELFDUMP>) {
+    chomp;
+
+    # Ignore empty lines.
+    if (/^$/) {
+        # End of archive symbol table, stop skipping.
+        $skip_arsym = 0 if $skip_arsym;
+        next;
+    }
+
+    # Keep skipping until end of archive symbol table.
+    next if ($skip_arsym);
+
+    # Ignore object name header for individual objects and archives.
+    next if (/:$/);
+
+    # Ignore table header lines.
+    next if (/^Symbol Table Section:/);
+    next if (/index.*value.*size/);
+
+    # Start of archive symbol table: start skipping.
+    if (/^Symbol Table: \(archive/) {
+        $skip_arsym = 1;
+        next;
+    }
+
+    # Split table.
+    (undef, undef, undef, undef, $bind, $oth, undef, $shndx, $name) = split;
+
+    # Error out for unknown input.
+    die "unknown input line:\n$_" unless defined($bind);
+
+    # Ignore local symbols.
+    next if ($bind eq "LOCL");
+    # Ignore hidden symbols.
+    next if ($oth eq "H");
+    # Ignore undefined symbols.
+    next if ($shndx eq "UNDEF");
+    # Error out for unhandled cases.
+    if ($bind !~ /^(GLOB|WEAK)/ or $oth ne "D") {
+        die "unhandled symbol:\n$_";
+    }
+
+    # Remember symbol.
+    $sym_hash{$name}++;
+    }
+    close ELFDUMP or die "$elfdump error";
+} else {
+    open READELF, 'readelf -s -W '.(join ' ',@OBJECTS).'|' or die $!;
+    # Process each symbol.
+    while (<READELF>) {
+    chomp;
+
+    # Ignore empty lines.
+    next if (/^$/);
+
+    # Ignore object name header.
+    next if (/^File: .*$/);
+
+    # Ignore table header lines.
+    next if (/^Symbol table.*contains.*:/);
+    next if (/Num:.*Value.*Size/);
+
+    # Split table.
+    (undef, undef, undef, undef, $bind, $vis, $ndx, $name) = split;
+
+    # Error out for unknown input.
+    die "unknown input line:\n$_" unless defined($bind);
+
+    # Ignore local symbols.
+    next if ($bind eq "LOCAL");
+    # Ignore hidden symbols.
+    next if ($vis eq "HIDDEN");
+    # Ignore undefined symbols.
+    next if ($ndx eq "UND");
+    # Error out for unhandled cases.
+    if ($bind !~ /^(GLOBAL|WEAK)/ or $vis ne "DEFAULT") {
+        die "unhandled symbol:\n$_";
+    }
+
+    # Remember symbol.
+    $sym_hash{$name}++;
+    }
+    close READELF or die "readelf error";
+}
+
+##########
+# The various types of glob patterns.
+#
+# A glob pattern that is to be applied to the demangled name: 'cxx'.
+# A glob patterns that applies directly to the name in the .o files: 'glob'.
+# This pattern is ignored; used for local variables (usually just '*'): 'ign'.
+
+# The type of the current pattern.
+my $glob = 'glob';
+
+# We're currently inside `extern "C++"', which Sun ld doesn't understand.
+my $in_extern = 0;
+
+# The c++filt command to use.  This *must* be GNU c++filt; the Sun Studio
+# c++filt doesn't handle the GNU mangling style.
+my $cxxfilt = $ENV{'CXXFILT'} || "c++filt";
+
+# The current version name.
+my $current_version = "";
+
+# Was there any attempt to match a symbol to this version?
+my $matches_attempted;
+
+# The number of versions which matched this symbol.
+my $matched_symbols;
+
+open F,$symvers or die $!;
+
+# Print information about generating this file
+print "# This file was generated by make_sunver.pl.  DO NOT EDIT!\n";
+print "# It was generated by:\n";
+printf "# %s %s %s\n", $0, $symvers, (join ' ',@ARGV);
+printf "# Omitted archives with corresponding shared libraries: %s\n",
+    (join ' ', @SHAREDOBJS) if $#SHAREDOBJS >= 0;
+print "#\n\n";
+
+print "\$mapfile_version 2\n";
+
+while (<F>) {
+    # Lines of the form '};'
+    if (/^([ \t]*)(\}[ \t]*;[ \t]*)$/) {
+    $glob = 'glob';
+    if ($in_extern) {
+        $in_extern--;
+        print "$1##$2\n";
+    } else {
+        print;
+    }
+    next;
+    }
+
+    # Lines of the form '} SOME_VERSION_NAME_1.0;'
+    if (/^[ \t]*\}[ \tA-Z0-9_.a-z]+;[ \t]*$/) {
+    $glob = 'glob';
+    # We tried to match symbols agains this version, but none matched.
+    # Emit dummy hidden symbol to avoid marking this version WEAK.
+    if ($matches_attempted && $matched_symbols == 0) {
+        print "  hidden:\n";
+        print "    .force_WEAK_off_$current_version = DATA S0x0 V0x0;\n";
+    }
+    print; next;
+    }
+
+    # Comment and blank lines
+    if (/^[ \t]*\#/) { print; next; }
+    if (/^[ \t]*$/) { print; next; }
+
+    # Lines of the form '{'
+    if (/^([ \t]*){$/) {
+    if ($in_extern) {
+        print "$1##{\n";
+    } else {
+        print;
+    }
+    next;
+    }
+
+    # Lines of the form 'SOME_VERSION_NAME_1.1 {'
+    if (/^([A-Z0-9_.]+)[ \t]+{$/) {
+    # Record version name.
+    $current_version = $1;
+    # Reset match attempts, #matched symbols for this version.
+    $matches_attempted = 0;
+    $matched_symbols = 0;
+    print "SYMBOL_VERSION $1 {\n";
+    next;
+    }
+
+    # Ignore 'global:'
+    if (/^[ \t]*global:$/) { print; next; }
+
+    # After 'local:', globs should be ignored, they won't be exported.
+    if (/^[ \t]*local:$/) {
+    $glob = 'ign';
+    print;
+    next;
+    }
+
+    # After 'extern "C++"', globs are C++ patterns
+    if (/^([ \t]*)(extern \"C\+\+\"[ \t]*)$/) {
+    $in_extern++;
+    $glob = 'cxx';
+    # Need to comment, Sun ld cannot handle this.
+    print "$1##$2\n"; next;
+    }
+
+    # Chomp newline now we're done with passing through the input file.
+    chomp;
+
+    # Catch globs.  Note that '{}' is not allowed in globs by this script,
+    # so only '*' and '[]' are available.
+    if (/^([ \t]*)([^ \t;{}#]+);?[ \t]*$/) {
+    my $ws = $1;
+    my $ptn = $2;
+    # Turn the glob into a regex by replacing '*' with '.*', '?' with '.'.
+    # Keep $ptn so we can still print the original form.
+    ($pattern = $ptn) =~ s/\*/\.\*/g;
+    $pattern =~ s/\?/\./g;
+
+    if ($glob eq 'ign') {
+        # We're in a local: * section; just continue.
+        print "$_\n";
+        next;
+    }
+
+    # Print the glob commented for human readers.
+    print "$ws##$ptn ($glob)\n";
+    # We tried to match a symbol to this version.
+    $matches_attempted++;
+
+    if ($glob eq 'glob') {
+        my %ptn_syms = ();
+
+        # Match ptn against symbols in %sym_hash.
+        foreach my $sym (keys %sym_hash) {
+        # Maybe it matches one of the patterns based on the symbol in
+        # the .o file.
+        $ptn_syms{$sym}++ if ($sym =~ /^$pattern$/);
+        }
+
+        foreach my $sym (sort keys(%ptn_syms)) {
+        $matched_symbols++;
+        print "$ws$sym;\n";
+        }
+    } elsif ($glob eq 'cxx') {
+        my %dem_syms = ();
+
+        # Verify that we're actually using GNU c++filt.  Other versions
+        # most likely cannot handle GNU style symbol mangling.
+        my $cxxout = `$cxxfilt --version 2>&1`;
+        $cxxout =~ m/GNU/ or die "$0 requires GNU c++filt to function";
+
+        # Talk to c++filt through a pair of file descriptors.
+        # Need to start a fresh instance per pattern, otherwise the
+        # process grows to 500+ MB.
+        my $pid = open2(*FILTIN, *FILTOUT, $cxxfilt) or die $!;
+
+        # Match ptn against symbols in %sym_hash.
+        foreach my $sym (keys %sym_hash) {
+        # No?  Well, maybe its demangled form matches one of those
+        # patterns.
+        printf FILTOUT "%s\n",$sym;
+        my $dem = <FILTIN>;
+        chomp $dem;
+        $dem_syms{$sym}++ if ($dem =~ /^$pattern$/);
+        }
+
+        close FILTOUT or die "c++filt error";
+        close FILTIN or die "c++filt error";
+        # Need to wait for the c++filt process to avoid lots of zombies.
+        waitpid $pid, 0;
+
+        foreach my $sym (sort keys(%dem_syms)) {
+        $matched_symbols++;
+        print "$ws$sym;\n";
+        }
+    } else {
+        # No?  Well, then ignore it.
+    }
+    next;
+    }
+    # Important sanity check.  This script can't handle lots of formats
+    # that GNU ld can, so be sure to error out if one is seen!
+    die "strange line `$_'";
+}
+close F;
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ac4c2eb5c6..40bf7255bd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3611,6 +3611,7 @@ case $target_os in
             echo "hwcap_1 = OVERRIDE;" > mapfile &&
             add_ldflags -Wl,-M,mapfile
         nm_default='nm -P -g'
+        SLIB_CREATE_DEF_CMD='$(Q)perl $(SRC_PATH)/compat/solaris/make_sunver.pl $$(filter %.ver,$$^) $(OBJS) | grep -v @ > $(SUBDIR)lib$(NAME).ver-sol2'
         ;;
     netbsd)
         disable symver
@@ -4650,10 +4651,14 @@ enabled xmm_clobber_test &&
                   -Wl,--wrap,sws_scale ||
     disable xmm_clobber_test
 
-echo "X{};" > $TMPV
+echo "X { local: *; };" > $TMPV
 if test_ldflags -Wl,--version-script,$TMPV; then
     append SHFLAGS '-Wl,--version-script,\$(SUBDIR)lib\$(NAME).ver'
-    check_cc <<EOF && enable symver_asm_label
+elif test_ldflags -Wl,-M,$TMPV; then
+    append SHFLAGS '-Wl,-M,\$(SUBDIR)lib\$(NAME).ver-sol2'
+fi
+
+check_cc <<EOF && enable symver_asm_label
 void ff_foo(void) __asm__ ("av_foo@VERSION");
 void ff_foo(void) { ${inline_asm+__asm__($quotes);} }
 EOF
@@ -4661,7 +4666,6 @@ EOF
 __asm__(".symver ff_foo,av_foo@VERSION");
 void ff_foo(void) {}
 EOF
-fi
 
 if [ -z "$optflags" ]; then
     if enabled small; then