-fix #3584

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 10e10053..3355ef30 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Mon Dec 22 13:02:36 CET 2014
+        Fix generated compiler flags for Solaris Studio linker (#3584). -CG
+
 Sat Dec 20 00:35:40 CET 2014
         Adding MHD_http_unescape() to public API (#3585). -CG
         Updating documentation to document
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0dfd0cbb..f72d3e13 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -447,10 +447,11 @@ case "$host" in
     ;;
   *)
     dnl on other compilers, check if we can do -fvisibility=hidden
-    AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fvisibility=hidden],
+    AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-fvisibility=hidden],
+      [AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fvisibility=hidden],
                            [AC_DEFINE([_MHD_EXTERN], [__attribute__((visibility("default"))) extern],
                                        [defines how to decorate public symbols while building])
-                            HIDDEN_VISIBILITY_CFLAGS="-fvisibility=hidden"])
+                            HIDDEN_VISIBILITY_CFLAGS="-fvisibility=hidden"])])
     ;;
 esac
 AC_SUBST(HIDDEN_VISIBILITY_CFLAGS)