diff --git a/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/port-protos.h b/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/port-protos.h
index 36a423df67..3f15b052c9 100644
--- a/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/port-protos.h
+++ b/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/port-protos.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: port-protos.h,v 1.6 1997/09/08 02:27:06 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: port-protos.h,v 1.7 1997/09/18 16:09:14 scrappy Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -36,8 +36,12 @@
 #define pg_dlerror		dlerror
 
 /* port.c */
+#ifndef HAVE_RANDOM
 extern long random(void);
+#endif
+#ifndef HAVE_SRANDOM
 extern void srandom(int seed);
+#endif
 
 /* inet_aton.c in backend/port directory */
 extern int	inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr * addr);
diff --git a/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/port.c b/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/port.c
index 69980d6ea8..d578c69e52 100644
--- a/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/port.c
+++ b/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/port.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/Attic/port.c,v 1.6 1997/09/08 02:27:07 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/port/sparc_solaris/Attic/port.c,v 1.7 1997/09/18 16:09:15 scrappy Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -22,17 +22,21 @@
 #include "rusagestub.h"
 #endif							/* HAVE_GETRUSAGE */
 
+#ifndef HAVE_RANDOM
 long
 random()
 {
 	return (lrand48());
 }
+#endif
 
+#ifndef HAVE_RANDOM
 void
 srandom(int seed)
 {
 	srand48((long int) seed);
 }
+#endif
 
 #ifndef HAVE_GETRUSAGE
 int
diff --git a/src/configure b/src/configure
index 287da38cb9..9ebe604acc 100755
--- a/src/configure
+++ b/src/configure
@@ -3466,7 +3466,7 @@ else
 fi
 done
 
-for ac_func in sigprocmask waitpid setsid random fcvt
+for ac_func in sigprocmask waitpid setsid random srandom fcvt
 do
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_func""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 echo "configure:3473: checking for $ac_func" >&5
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index a59aa46bfa..cf6a0c2879 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
 AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 AC_FUNC_VPRINTF
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(isinf tzset getrusage vfork memmove sigsetjmp kill sysconf)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(sigprocmask waitpid setsid random fcvt)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(sigprocmask waitpid setsid random srandom fcvt)
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(inet_aton, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_INET_ATON), INET_ATON='inet_aton.o')
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(strerror, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRERROR), [STRERROR='strerror.o' STRERROR2='../../backend/port/strerror.o'])
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(strdup, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_STRDUP), STRDUP='../../utils/strdup.o')
diff --git a/src/include/config.h.in b/src/include/config.h.in
index 2d2b599fd5..265927672f 100644
--- a/src/include/config.h.in
+++ b/src/include/config.h.in
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@
 /* Set to 1 if you have strdup() */
 #undef HAVE_STRDUP
 
+/* Set to 1 if you have random() */
+#undef HAVE_RANDOM
+
+/* Set to 1 if you have srandom() */
+#undef HAVE_SRANDOM
+
 /* Set to 1 if you have libreadline.a */
 #undef HAVE_LIBREADLINE