diff --git a/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f08c65a..6f156714 100644
--- a/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ ADD_LIBRARY(tag_c SHARED ${tag_c_LIB_SRCS})
 
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tag_c  tag )
 
+# On Solaris we need to explicitly add the C++ standard and runtime
+# libraries to the libs used by this library, to link them to apps
+# using these bindings.
+CHECK_LIBRARY_EXISTS(Crun __RTTI___ "" HAVE_CRUN_LIB)
+IF(HAVE_CRUN_LIB)
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(tag_c Cstd Crun)
+ENDIF(HAVE_CRUN_LIB)
+
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(tag_c PROPERTIES VERSION 0.0.0 SOVERSION 0 )
 INSTALL(TARGETS tag_c DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR} )