diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8ac96539..9061f04b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Simulator binaries for x86 Linus, x86 macOS, and Windows for all recent changes
 - Enhanced Ethernet functionality on macOS which leverages the OS provided vmnet capabilities.  This is available on all intel and Apple Silicon macOS systems starting with Catalina (10.15) which was released in 2019.
 - SCP IF command supports RegEx comparisons.
 - Windows builds are supported running all versions of Microsoft Visual Studio, including the most recent VS2026.
+- All simulators build with full functionality on illumos Open Indiana.
 
 #### All simulators build cleanly under OpenVMS on ia64 systems.
 
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index e5e2d53c..d4629497 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -632,7 +632,10 @@ ifeq (${WIN32},)  #*nix Environments (&& cygwin)
         ifeq (SunOS,$(OSTYPE))
           OSNAME = Solaris
           ifneq (lib,$(findstring lib,$(UNSUPPORTED_BUILD)))
-            LIBPATH := $(shell LANG=C; crle | grep 'Default Library Path' | awk '{ print $$5 }' | sed 's/:/ /g')
+            ifneq (,$(shell gcc -dumpmachine 2>&1 | grep 64))
+              _LIB64 := -64
+            endif
+            LIBPATH := $(shell LANG=C; crle $(_LIB64) | grep 'Default Library Path' | awk '{ print $$5 }' | sed 's/:/ /g')
           endif
           LIBEXT = so
           OS_LDFLAGS += -lsocket -lnsl