diff --git a/pkg/system/stat_solaris.go b/pkg/system/stat_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b01d08acfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/system/stat_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// +build solaris
+
+package system
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+// fromStatT creates a system.StatT type from a syscall.Stat_t type
+func fromStatT(s *syscall.Stat_t) (*StatT, error) {
+	return &StatT{size: s.Size,
+		mode: uint32(s.Mode),
+		uid:  s.Uid,
+		gid:  s.Gid,
+		rdev: uint64(s.Rdev),
+		mtim: s.Mtim}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/system/stat_unsupported.go b/pkg/system/stat_unsupported.go
index 381ea82116..c6075d4ff2 100644
--- a/pkg/system/stat_unsupported.go
+++ b/pkg/system/stat_unsupported.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux,!windows,!freebsd
+// +build !linux,!windows,!freebsd,!solaris
 
 package system
 
diff --git a/volume/volume_unix.go b/volume/volume_unix.go
index fdc336e66b..ddf278f07f 100644
--- a/volume/volume_unix.go
+++ b/volume/volume_unix.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build linux freebsd darwin
+// +build linux freebsd darwin solaris
 
 package volume