--- configure.in
+++ configure.in
@@ -508,7 +508,11 @@
 dnl =================================================================
 
 dnl Next line needed to find the gethost*_r functions on Solaris
+case "$host" in
+*-solaris*)
 AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname)
+;;
+esac
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyaddr_r, [
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([signature of gethostbyaddr_r])