diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 47acb2e..046b4b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2005-06-10  Johannes E. Schindelin  <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
+	* configure.ac: fix that annoying SUN /usr/ccs location of "ar"
+
 2005-06-03  Karl Runge <runge@karlrunge.com>
 	* libvncserver/main.c: remove sraRgnSubtract from copyRegion
 	* x11vnc: scrollcopyrect under -scale, add -fixscreen.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7f19072..c14fb3b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ else
 fi
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
+AC_PATH_PROG([AR], [ar], [/usr/bin/ar],
+                  [$PATH:/usr/ccs/bin])
 
 # Options
 AH_TEMPLATE(BACKCHANNEL, [Enable BackChannel communication])