diff --git a/racket/src/rktio/configure b/racket/src/rktio/configure
index e4b0b97396..d0ddf66b81 100755
--- a/racket/src/rktio/configure
+++ b/racket/src/rktio/configure
@@ -3313,6 +3313,8 @@ fi
 
 case "$host_os" in
   solaris2*)
+    # Need these libs so that `getaddrinfo` is found:
+    LIBS="$LIBS -lsocket -lnsl -lintl"
     try_poll_syscall="no" # poll() has performance problems on Solaris?
     use_flag_pthread="no"
     use_flag_posix_pthread="yes"
diff --git a/racket/src/rktio/configure.ac b/racket/src/rktio/configure.ac
index eefc6e5323..12de26b4f0 100644
--- a/racket/src/rktio/configure.ac
+++ b/racket/src/rktio/configure.ac
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, dlopen)
 
 case "$host_os" in
   solaris2*)
+    # Need these libs so that `getaddrinfo` is found:
+    LIBS="$LIBS -lsocket -lnsl -lintl"
     try_poll_syscall="no" # poll() has performance problems on Solaris?
     use_flag_pthread="no"
     use_flag_posix_pthread="yes"
diff --git a/racket/src/rktio/rktio_network.c b/racket/src/rktio/rktio_network.c
index 6635309d8f..fa68d7dce8 100644
--- a/racket/src/rktio/rktio_network.c
+++ b/racket/src/rktio/rktio_network.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct rktio_addrinfo_t {
 #endif
 
 /*****************************************************************/
-/* Fallback using gethostbyname where getddrinfo isn't avaulable */
+/* Fallback using gethostbyname where getddrinfo isn't available */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GETADDRINFO
 # define rktio_AI_PASSIVE AI_PASSIVE