diff --git a/configure1.in b/configure1.in
index b96e90a6d42..a9744e57113 100755
--- a/configure1.in
+++ b/configure1.in
@@ -934,7 +934,10 @@ case "${canonical}" in
       ## The Sun386 didn't get past 4.0.
       i386-*-sunos4	  ) opsys=sunos4-0 ;;
       *-sunos4.0*	  ) opsys=sunos4-0 ;;
-      *-sunos4.1.3*	  ) opsys=sunos4-1-3 ;;
+      *-sunos4.1.3*	  ) opsys=sunos4-1-3
+		NON_GCC_TEST_OPTIONS=-Bstatic
+		GCC_TEST_OPTIONS=-static
+		;;
       *-sunos4shr*	  ) opsys=sunos4shr ;;
       *-sunos4* | *-sunos ) opsys=sunos4-1 ;;
       *-sunos5.3* | *-solaris2.3* )
@@ -1125,6 +1128,16 @@ else
   CC="$NON_GNU_CC"
 fi
 
+if [ x$GCC = x1 ] && [ "x$GCC_TEST_OPTIONS" != x ]
+then
+  CC="$CC $GCC_TEST_OPTIONS"
+fi  
+
+if [ x$GCC = x ] && [ "x$NON_GCC_TEST_OPTIONS" != x ]
+then
+  CC="$CC $NON_GCC_TEST_OPTIONS"
+fi  
+
 #### Some other nice autoconf tests.  If you add a test here which
 #### should make an entry in src/config.h, don't forget to add an
 #### #undef clause to src/config.h.in for autoconf to modify.