diff --git a/pkg/term/tc_linux_cgo.go b/pkg/term/tc_linux_cgo.go
index a22cd9d105..59dac5ba8e 100644
--- a/pkg/term/tc_linux_cgo.go
+++ b/pkg/term/tc_linux_cgo.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 import "C"
 
 // Termios is the Unix API for terminal I/O.
-// It is passthgrouh for syscall.Termios in order to make it portable with
+// It is passthrough for syscall.Termios in order to make it portable with
 // other platforms where it is not available or handled differently.
 type Termios syscall.Termios
 
diff --git a/pkg/term/tc_other.go b/pkg/term/tc_other.go
index 266039bac3..750d7c3f60 100644
--- a/pkg/term/tc_other.go
+++ b/pkg/term/tc_other.go
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // +build !windows
 // +build !linux !cgo
+// +build !solaris !cgo
 
 package term
 
diff --git a/pkg/term/tc_solaris_cgo.go b/pkg/term/tc_solaris_cgo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9139d0ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/term/tc_solaris_cgo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// +build solaris,cgo
+
+package term
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// #include <termios.h>
+import "C"
+
+// Termios is the Unix API for terminal I/O.
+// It is passthrough for syscall.Termios in order to make it portable with
+// other platforms where it is not available or handled differently.
+type Termios syscall.Termios
+
+// MakeRaw put the terminal connected to the given file descriptor into raw
+// mode and returns the previous state of the terminal so that it can be
+// restored.
+func MakeRaw(fd uintptr) (*State, error) {
+	var oldState State
+	if err := tcget(fd, &oldState.termios); err != 0 {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	newState := oldState.termios
+
+	newState.Iflag &^= (syscall.IGNBRK | syscall.BRKINT | syscall.PARMRK | syscall.ISTRIP | syscall.INLCR | syscall.IGNCR | syscall.ICRNL | syscall.IXON | syscall.IXANY)
+	newState.Oflag &^= syscall.OPOST
+	newState.Lflag &^= (syscall.ECHO | syscall.ECHONL | syscall.ICANON | syscall.ISIG | syscall.IEXTEN)
+	newState.Cflag &^= (syscall.CSIZE | syscall.PARENB)
+	newState.Cflag |= syscall.CS8
+
+	/*
+		VMIN is the minimum number of characters that needs to be read in non-canonical mode for it to be returned
+		Since VMIN is overloaded with another element in canonical mode when we switch modes it defaults to 4. It
+		needs to be explicitly set to 1.
+	*/
+	newState.Cc[C.VMIN] = 1
+	newState.Cc[C.VTIME] = 0
+
+	if err := tcset(fd, &newState); err != 0 {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &oldState, nil
+}
+
+func tcget(fd uintptr, p *Termios) syscall.Errno {
+	ret, err := C.tcgetattr(C.int(fd), (*C.struct_termios)(unsafe.Pointer(p)))
+	if ret != 0 {
+		return err.(syscall.Errno)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func tcset(fd uintptr, p *Termios) syscall.Errno {
+	ret, err := C.tcsetattr(C.int(fd), C.TCSANOW, (*C.struct_termios)(unsafe.Pointer(p)))
+	if ret != 0 {
+		return err.(syscall.Errno)
+	}
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/pkg/term/term.go b/pkg/term/term.go
index 11ed20937b..8f554847f0 100644
--- a/pkg/term/term.go
+++ b/pkg/term/term.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"syscall"
-	"unsafe"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -47,27 +46,6 @@ func GetFdInfo(in interface{}) (uintptr, bool) {
 	return inFd, isTerminalIn
 }
 
-// GetWinsize returns the window size based on the specified file descriptor.
-func GetWinsize(fd uintptr) (*Winsize, error) {
-	ws := &Winsize{}
-	_, _, err := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, fd, uintptr(syscall.TIOCGWINSZ), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(ws)))
-	// Skip errno = 0
-	if err == 0 {
-		return ws, nil
-	}
-	return ws, err
-}
-
-// SetWinsize tries to set the specified window size for the specified file descriptor.
-func SetWinsize(fd uintptr, ws *Winsize) error {
-	_, _, err := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, fd, uintptr(syscall.TIOCSWINSZ), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(ws)))
-	// Skip errno = 0
-	if err == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
 // IsTerminal returns true if the given file descriptor is a terminal.
 func IsTerminal(fd uintptr) bool {
 	var termios Termios
diff --git a/pkg/term/term_solaris.go b/pkg/term/term_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..112debbec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/term/term_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+// +build solaris
+
+package term
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+/*
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stropts.h>
+#include <termios.h>
+
+// Small wrapper to get rid of variadic args of ioctl()
+int my_ioctl(int fd, int cmd, struct winsize *ws) {
+	return ioctl(fd, cmd, ws);
+}
+*/
+import "C"
+
+// GetWinsize returns the window size based on the specified file descriptor.
+func GetWinsize(fd uintptr) (*Winsize, error) {
+	ws := &Winsize{}
+	ret, err := C.my_ioctl(C.int(fd), C.int(syscall.TIOCGWINSZ), (*C.struct_winsize)(unsafe.Pointer(ws)))
+	// Skip retval = 0
+	if ret == 0 {
+		return ws, nil
+	}
+	return ws, err
+}
+
+// SetWinsize tries to set the specified window size for the specified file descriptor.
+func SetWinsize(fd uintptr, ws *Winsize) error {
+	ret, err := C.my_ioctl(C.int(fd), C.int(syscall.TIOCSWINSZ), (*C.struct_winsize)(unsafe.Pointer(ws)))
+	// Skip retval = 0
+	if ret == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/term/term_unix.go b/pkg/term/term_unix.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ddf87a0e58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/term/term_unix.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// +build !solaris,!windows
+
+package term
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// GetWinsize returns the window size based on the specified file descriptor.
+func GetWinsize(fd uintptr) (*Winsize, error) {
+	ws := &Winsize{}
+	_, _, err := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, fd, uintptr(syscall.TIOCGWINSZ), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(ws)))
+	// Skipp errno = 0
+	if err == 0 {
+		return ws, nil
+	}
+	return ws, err
+}
+
+// SetWinsize tries to set the specified window size for the specified file descriptor.
+func SetWinsize(fd uintptr, ws *Winsize) error {
+	_, _, err := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, fd, uintptr(syscall.TIOCSWINSZ), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(ws)))
+	// Skipp errno = 0
+	if err == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return err
+}