diff --git a/libc-test/build.rs b/libc-test/build.rs
index a2d6600bc57a61e171bd2046d2138a443933e2dc..48b7d7a2d89abd7eb7264ccf4027c1127bc6b9f8 100644
--- a/libc-test/build.rs
+++ b/libc-test/build.rs
@@ -794,6 +794,11 @@ fn test_solarish(target: &str) {
         // This evaluates to a sysconf() call rather than a constant
         "PTHREAD_STACK_MIN" => true,
 
+        // EPOLLEXCLUSIVE is a relatively recent addition to the epoll interface and may not be
+        // defined on older systems.  It is, however, safe to use on systems which do not
+        // explicitly support it. (A no-op is an acceptable implementation of EPOLLEXCLUSIVE.)
+        "EPOLLEXCLUSIVE" => true,
+
         _ => false,
     });
 
diff --git a/src/unix/solarish/mod.rs b/src/unix/solarish/mod.rs
index c60e678040037e3981a8788b815b6bbbd7a60273..98e2dc7837726bc40e849b7fe9d3105d3d104fb3 100644
--- a/src/unix/solarish/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/solarish/mod.rs
@@ -1838,6 +1838,7 @@ pub const EPOLLET: ::c_int = 0x80000000;
 pub const EPOLLRDHUP: ::c_int = 0x2000;
 pub const EPOLLONESHOT: ::c_int = 0x40000000;
 pub const EPOLLWAKEUP: ::c_int = 0x20000000;
+pub const EPOLLEXCLUSIVE: ::c_int = 0x10000000;
 pub const EPOLL_CLOEXEC: ::c_int = 0x80000;
 pub const EPOLL_CTL_ADD: ::c_int = 1;
 pub const EPOLL_CTL_MOD: ::c_int = 3;
diff --git a/src/unix/solarish/solaris.rs b/src/unix/solarish/solaris.rs
index 798622e39a95870708740488ce2d3eab7fed5fb6..596029d1bc4d23418f57763abbc513c17691db60 100644
--- a/src/unix/solarish/solaris.rs
+++ b/src/unix/solarish/solaris.rs
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ s! {
 pub const PORT_SOURCE_POSTWAIT: ::c_int = 8;
 pub const PORT_SOURCE_SIGNAL: ::c_int = 9;
 
-pub const EPOLLEXCLUSIVE: ::c_int = 0x10000000;
-
 pub const AF_LOCAL: ::c_int = 0;
 pub const AF_FILE: ::c_int = 0;