diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.20/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.20/default.nix
index 141484814ea..81f4f946ea7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.20/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.20/default.nix
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "-Dlocincpth=${libc}/include"
       "-Dloclibpth=${libc}/lib"
     ]
+    ++ optional stdenv.isSunOS "-Dcc=gcc"
     ++ optional enableThreading "-Dusethreads";
 
   configureScript = "${stdenv.shell} ./Configure";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.20/ld-shared.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.20/ld-shared.patch
index be45230c8a7..9f92368df68 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.20/ld-shared.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.20/ld-shared.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
---- perl-5.16.2/hints/solaris_2.sh.orig	2013-02-14 19:29:49.453988140 +0000
-+++ perl-5.16.2/hints/solaris_2.sh	2013-02-14 19:30:31.681631019 +0000
-@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
- #		    ccflags="$ccflags -Wa,`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
- #		fi
- 		ldflags="$ldflags -m64"
--		lddlflags="$lddlflags -G -m64"
-+		lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64"
+$NetBSD: patch-hints_solaris__2.sh,v 1.2 2015/10/27 09:10:44 jperkin Exp $
+
+Redo PR pkg/44999.
+
+--- perl-5.20.2/hints/solaris_2.sh.orig	2015-05-13 20:19:29.000000000 +0000
++++ perl-5.20.2/hints/solaris_2.sh
+@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ EOM
+ 		fi
+ 	    fi
+ 	    case "${cc:-cc} -v 2>/dev/null" in
+-	    *gcc*)
++	    *gcc*|clang*)
+ 		echo 'int main() { return 0; }' > try.c
+ 		case "`${cc:-cc} $ccflags -mcpu=v9 -m64 -S try.c 2>&1 | grep 'm64 is not supported by this configuration'`" in
+ 		*"m64 is not supported"*)
+@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ EOM
+ 		# use that with Solaris 11 and later, but keep
+ 		# the old behavior for older Solaris versions.
+ 		case "$osvers" in
+-			2.?|2.10) lddlflags="$lddlflags -G -m64" ;;
++			2.?|2.10) lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64" ;;
+ 			*) lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64" ;;
+ 		esac
  		;;
- 	    *)
- 		getconfccflags="`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.22/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.22/default.nix
index 4b0f4364ea2..53e777c19a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.22/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.22/default.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "-Dlocincpth=${libc}/include"
       "-Dloclibpth=${libc}/lib"
     ]
+    ++ optional stdenv.isSunOS "-Dcc=gcc"
     ++ optional enableThreading "-Dusethreads";
 
   configureScript = "${stdenv.shell} ./Configure";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.22/ld-shared.patch b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.22/ld-shared.patch
index be45230c8a7..140af9af40e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.22/ld-shared.patch
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/perl/5.22/ld-shared.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,24 @@
---- perl-5.16.2/hints/solaris_2.sh.orig	2013-02-14 19:29:49.453988140 +0000
-+++ perl-5.16.2/hints/solaris_2.sh	2013-02-14 19:30:31.681631019 +0000
-@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
- #		    ccflags="$ccflags -Wa,`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"
- #		fi
- 		ldflags="$ldflags -m64"
--		lddlflags="$lddlflags -G -m64"
-+		lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64"
+$NetBSD: patch-hints_solaris__2.sh,v 1.2 2015/10/27 09:10:44 jperkin Exp $
+
+Redo PR pkg/44999.
+
+--- perl-5.22.0/hints/solaris_2.sh.orig	2015-05-13 20:19:29.000000000 +0000
++++ perl-5.22.0/hints/solaris_2.sh
+@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ EOM
+ 		fi
+ 	    fi
+ 	    case "${cc:-cc} -v 2>/dev/null" in
+-	    *gcc*)
++	    *gcc*|clang*)
+ 		echo 'int main() { return 0; }' > try.c
+ 		case "`${cc:-cc} $ccflags -mcpu=v9 -m64 -S try.c 2>&1 | grep 'm64 is not supported by this configuration'`" in
+ 		*"m64 is not supported"*)
+@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ EOM
+ 		# use that with Solaris 11 and later, but keep
+ 		# the old behavior for older Solaris versions.
+ 		case "$osvers" in
+-			2.?|2.10) lddlflags="$lddlflags -G -m64" ;;
++			2.?|2.10) lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64" ;;
+ 			*) lddlflags="$lddlflags -shared -m64" ;;
+ 		esac
  		;;
- 	    *)
- 		getconfccflags="`getconf XBS5_LP64_OFF64_CFLAGS 2>/dev/null`"