diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index 726356504..db368c7f5 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -368,6 +368,11 @@ bool AppInit2(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     sigemptyset(&sa_hup.sa_mask);
     sa_hup.sa_flags = 0;
     sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa_hup, NULL);
+
+#if defined (__SVR4) && defined (__sun)
+    // ignore SIGPIPE on Solaris
+    signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
 #endif
 
     // ********************************************************* Step 2: parameter interactions
diff --git a/src/makefile.unix b/src/makefile.unix
index e00db09a3..55fd594f9 100644
--- a/src/makefile.unix
+++ b/src/makefile.unix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ USE_IPV6:=1
 
 LINK:=$(CXX)
 
-DEFS=-DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+DEFS=-DBOOST_SPIRIT_THREADSAFE -DBOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
 
 DEFS += $(addprefix -I,$(CURDIR) $(CURDIR)/obj $(BOOST_INCLUDE_PATH) $(BDB_INCLUDE_PATH) $(OPENSSL_INCLUDE_PATH))
 LIBS = $(addprefix -L,$(BOOST_LIB_PATH) $(BDB_LIB_PATH) $(OPENSSL_LIB_PATH))
diff --git a/src/net.cpp b/src/net.cpp
index 4ee1895a8..1f461e55d 100644
--- a/src/net.cpp
+++ b/src/net.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifndef WIN32
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef USE_UPNP
 #include <miniupnpc/miniwget.h>
 #include <miniupnpc/miniupnpc.h>
diff --git a/src/netbase.cpp b/src/netbase.cpp
index 08d133740..348771375 100644
--- a/src/netbase.cpp
+++ b/src/netbase.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include "hash.h"
 
 #ifndef WIN32
-#include <sys/fcntl.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp> // for to_lower()
diff --git a/src/script.cpp b/src/script.cpp
index 2df2e9f0d..2225ef166 100644
--- a/src/script.cpp
+++ b/src/script.cpp
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers
 // Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
-#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
-#include <boost/tuple/tuple.hpp>
-
-using namespace std;
-using namespace boost;
-
 #include "script.h"
 #include "core.h"
 #include "keystore.h"
@@ -16,6 +10,12 @@ using namespace boost;
 #include "sync.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include <boost/tuple/tuple.hpp>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace boost;
+
 bool CheckSig(vector<unsigned char> vchSig, const vector<unsigned char> &vchPubKey, const CScript &scriptCode, const CTransaction& txTo, unsigned int nIn, int nHashType, int flags);
 
 
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index c9614d305..f246412de 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ T* alignup(T* p)
 #else
 #define MAX_PATH            1024
 #endif
+// As Solaris does not have the MSG_NOSIGNAL flag for send(2) syscall, it is defined as 0
+#ifndef MSG_NOSIGNAL
+#define MSG_NOSIGNAL 0
+#endif
 
 inline void MilliSleep(int64 n)
 {
@@ -515,6 +519,10 @@ inline void SetThreadPriority(int nPriority)
 }
 #else
 
+// PRIO_MAX is not defined on Solaris
+#ifndef PRIO_MAX
+    #define PRIO_MAX 20
+#endif
 #define THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST          PRIO_MAX
 #define THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL    2
 #define THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL          0