diff --git a/README b/README
index fc8ea5106..1298b4b1c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -42,3 +42,8 @@ Building Transmission from SVN (Updating):
     $ make -s
     $ su (if necessary for the next line)
     $ make install
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+Notes for building on Solaris' C compiler:  User av reports success with
+this invocation: ./configure CC=c99 CXX=CC CFLAGS='-D__EXTENSIONS__ -mt'