diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0fb9024..167bf7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -936,3 +936,6 @@ sudo cpupower frequency-set --governor powersave
 * Users must manually link `shlwapi.lib`. Failure to do so may result
 in unresolved symbols.
 
+### Solaris
+
+* Users must explicitly link with kstat library (-lkstat compilation flag).
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e22620a..836549e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
   target_link_libraries(benchmark Shlwapi)
 endif()
 
+# We need extra libraries on Solaris
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS")
+  target_link_libraries(benchmark kstat)
+endif()
+
 set(include_install_dir "include")
 set(lib_install_dir "lib/")
 set(bin_install_dir "bin/")
diff --git a/src/internal_macros.h b/src/internal_macros.h
index faa753e..f299722 100644
--- a/src/internal_macros.h
+++ b/src/internal_macros.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
   #define BENCHMARK_OS_RTEMS 1
 #elif defined(__Fuchsia__)
 #define BENCHMARK_OS_FUCHSIA 1
+#elif defined (__SVR4) && defined (__sun)
+#define BENCHMARK_OS_SOLARIS 1
 #endif
 
 #if !__has_feature(cxx_exceptions) && !defined(__cpp_exceptions) \
diff --git a/src/sysinfo.cc b/src/sysinfo.cc
index 2b4e1dd..fdcc95b 100644
--- a/src/sysinfo.cc
+++ b/src/sysinfo.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif
 #endif
+#if defined(BENCHMARK_OS_SOLARIS)
+#include <kstat.h>
+#endif
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <array>
@@ -356,6 +359,15 @@ int GetNumCPUs() {
   return sysinfo.dwNumberOfProcessors;  // number of logical
                                         // processors in the current
                                         // group
+#elif defined(BENCHMARK_OS_SOLARIS)
+  // Returns -1 in case of a failure.
+  int NumCPU = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
+  if (NumCPU < 0) {
+    fprintf(stderr,
+            "sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN) failed with error: %s\n",
+            strerror(errno));
+  }
+  return NumCPU;
 #else
   int NumCPUs = 0;
   int MaxID = -1;
@@ -495,6 +507,35 @@ double GetCPUCyclesPerSecond() {
                       "~MHz", nullptr, &data, &data_size)))
     return static_cast<double>((int64_t)data *
                                (int64_t)(1000 * 1000));  // was mhz
+#elif defined (BENCHMARK_OS_SOLARIS)
+  kstat_ctl_t *kc = kstat_open();
+  if (!kc) {
+    std::cerr << "failed to open /dev/kstat\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
+  kstat_t *ksp = kstat_lookup(kc, (char*)"cpu_info", -1, (char*)"cpu_info0");
+  if (!ksp) {
+    std::cerr << "failed to lookup in /dev/kstat\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
+  if (kstat_read(kc, ksp, NULL) < 0) {
+    std::cerr << "failed to read from /dev/kstat\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
+  kstat_named_t *knp =
+      (kstat_named_t*)kstat_data_lookup(ksp, (char*)"current_clock_Hz");
+  if (!knp) {
+    std::cerr << "failed to lookup data in /dev/kstat\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
+  if (knp->data_type != KSTAT_DATA_UINT64) {
+    std::cerr << "current_clock_Hz is of unexpected data type: "
+              << knp->data_type << "\n";
+    return -1;
+  }
+  double clock_hz = knp->value.ui64;
+  kstat_close(kc);
+  return clock_hz;
 #endif
   // If we've fallen through, attempt to roughly estimate the CPU clock rate.
   const int estimate_time_ms = 1000;
diff --git a/src/timers.cc b/src/timers.cc
index 09680c7..893cd38 100644
--- a/src/timers.cc
+++ b/src/timers.cc
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ double ThreadCPUUsage() {
   // RTEMS doesn't support CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID. See
   // https://github.com/RTEMS/rtems/blob/master/cpukit/posix/src/clockgettime.c
   return ProcessCPUUsage();
+#elif defined(BENCHMARK_OS_SOLARIS)
+  struct rusage ru;
+  if (getrusage(RUSAGE_LWP, &ru) == 0) return MakeTime(ru);
+  DiagnoseAndExit("getrusage(RUSAGE_LWP, ...) failed");
 #elif defined(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID)
   struct timespec ts;
   if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID, &ts) == 0) return MakeTime(ts);