diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3e91fc7a94..2fd4ef223d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 # WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.262 
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.264 
 
 # libtool.m4 - Configure libtool for the host system. -*-Shell-script-*-
 ## Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
@@ -2358,11 +2358,11 @@ echo "configure:2357: checking whether to build with thread support" >&5
 case $host in
 *-dec-osf*)
 	use_threads=true ;;
-*-solaris-2.0-6)
+*-solaris-2[0-6])
 	# Thread signals are broken on Solaris 2.6; they are sometimes
 	# delivered to the wrong thread.
 	use_threads=false ;;
-*-solaris-2.*)
+*-solaris-2*)
 	use_threads=true ;;
 *-ibm-aix*)
 	use_threads=true ;;