diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c4b1a96c5..6cd9b5d34 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ AC_FUNC_ALLOCA
 #AC_FUNC_MALLOC
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
 AC_LIBOBJ(termios)
+AC_LIBOBJ(dummy)
 
 ## ------------------------ ##
 ## libtool  Initialisation. ##
diff --git a/lib/dummy.c b/lib/dummy.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebaeb8856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dummy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/* Dummy function to make sure libmisc never become an empty library.
+ * Solaris linker does not like such libs.
+ */
+
+void dummy(void)
+{
+
+}
+