diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/default.nix
index ac19900bcfc..70a030e0308 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   patches = 
     [ # Do not look in /usr etc. for dependencies.
       ./no-sys-dirs.patch
-    ] 
+    ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS  ./ld-shared.patch
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./no-libutil.patch;
 
   # Build a thread-safe Perl with a dynamic libperls.o.  We need the
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/ld-shared.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/ld-shared.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1834ff7a1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.14/ld-shared.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- perl-5.14.2/hints/solaris_2.sh.orig	2013-02-14 19:29:49.453988140 +0000
++++ perl-5.14.2/hints/solaris_2.sh	2013-02-14 19:30:31.681631019 +0000
+@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
+ #		    ccflags="$ccflags -Wa,`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
+ #		fi
+ 		ldflags="$ldflags -m64"
+-		lddlflags="$lddlflags -G -m64"
++		lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64"
+ 		;;
+ 	    *)
+ 		getconfccflags="`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
index 288de63b4ae..153da2c9d05 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/default.nix
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     [ # Do not look in /usr etc. for dependencies.
       ./no-sys-dirs.patch
     ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isSunOS  ./ld-shared.patch
     ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./no-libutil.patch;
 
   # Build a thread-safe Perl with a dynamic libperls.o.  We need the
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/ld-shared.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/ld-shared.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be45230c8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.16/ld-shared.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- perl-5.16.2/hints/solaris_2.sh.orig	2013-02-14 19:29:49.453988140 +0000
++++ perl-5.16.2/hints/solaris_2.sh	2013-02-14 19:30:31.681631019 +0000
+@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
+ #		    ccflags="$ccflags -Wa,`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
+ #		fi
+ 		ldflags="$ldflags -m64"
+-		lddlflags="$lddlflags -G -m64"
++		lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64"
+ 		;;
+ 	    *)
+ 		getconfccflags="`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"