diff --git a/Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake b/Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake
index cd3579eb9..54cb637a9 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake
@@ -71,3 +71,12 @@ IF(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
   SET (CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_PREPROCESSED_SOURCE "<CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER> <FLAGS> -E <SOURCE> > <PREPROCESSED_SOURCE>")
   SET (CMAKE_CXX_CREATE_ASSEMBLY_SOURCE "<CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER> <FLAGS> -S <SOURCE> -o <ASSEMBLY_SOURCE>")
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+
+# Initialize C link type selection flags.  These flags are used when
+# building a shared library, shared module, or executable that links
+# to other libraries to select whether to use the static or shared
+# versions of the libraries.
+FOREACH(type SHARED_LIBRARY SHARED_MODULE EXE)
+  SET(CMAKE_${type}_LINK_STATIC_C_FLAGS "-Bstatic")
+  SET(CMAKE_${type}_LINK_DYNAMIC_C_FLAGS "-Bdynamic")
+ENDFOREACH(type)