diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a228a97781..7647b4d949 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2006-12-08  Jan Schmidt  <thaytan@mad.scientist.com>
+
+	* sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiosrc.c: (gst_sunaudiosrc_open):
+	Apply patch to open the mixer control and set the MULTIPLE_OPEN
+	ioctl. On solaris, the mixer device doesn't need opening non-blocking 
+	- it can be opened by multiple processes by default, but needs the ioctl 	for multiple opens within 1 process.
+	Patch by: Jerry Tan <jerry.tan at sun dot com>
+	Fixes: #349015
+
 2006-12-07  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
 
 	* gst/smpte/gstmask.h:
diff --git a/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiosrc.c b/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiosrc.c
index ffad137213..0993ed9795 100644
--- a/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiosrc.c
+++ b/sys/sunaudio/gstsunaudiosrc.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stropts.h>
+#include <sys/mixer.h>
 
 #include "gstsunaudiosrc.h"
 
@@ -241,11 +242,12 @@ static gboolean
 gst_sunaudiosrc_open (GstAudioSrc * asrc)
 {
   GstSunAudioSrc *sunaudiosrc = GST_SUNAUDIO_SRC (asrc);
-  int fd, ret;
+  int fd, ret, err;
 
-  fd = open (sunaudiosrc->device, O_RDWR | O_NONBLOCK);
+  fd = open (sunaudiosrc->device, O_RDONLY);
+  err = ioctl (fd, AUDIO_MIXER_MULTIPLE_OPEN);
 
-  if (fd == -1) {
+  if (fd == -1 || err == -1) {
     GST_ELEMENT_ERROR (sunaudiosrc, RESOURCE, OPEN_READ, (NULL),
         ("can't open connection to Sun Audio device %s", sunaudiosrc->device));