diff --git a/test/drb/drbtest.rb b/test/drb/drbtest.rb
index 419ff5c49a..a311596161 100644
--- a/test/drb/drbtest.rb
+++ b/test/drb/drbtest.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ class DRbService
   @@ruby << "-d" if $DEBUG
   def self.add_service_command(nm)
     dir = File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__))
+    if /ssl/ =~ nm && RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /solaris/i
+      @@ruby[1..-1] = "-dv"
+    end
     DRb::ExtServManager.command[nm] = @@ruby + ["#{dir}/#{nm}"]
   end