diff --git a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index 13fa54a..a5603cf 100644
--- a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -833,7 +833,11 @@ macro( tde_add_library _arg_target )
 
   # set embedded archives
   if( _embed )
-    list( INSERT _link 0 -Wl,-whole-archive ${_embed} -Wl,-no-whole-archive )
+    if( ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS" )
+      list( INSERT _link 0 -Wl,-zallextract ${_embed} -Wl,-zdefaultextract )
+    else( )
+      list( INSERT _link 0 -Wl,-whole-archive ${_embed} -Wl,-no-whole-archive )
+    endif( )
   endif( _embed )
 
   # set link libraries