diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/meson.build
index c14504f0ad..85f59a9d6c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/meson.build
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if curl_dep.found()
     curl_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
-    dependencies : [gstbase_dep, curl_dep] + winsock2,
+    dependencies : [gstbase_dep, curl_dep] + winsock2 + network_deps,
     install : true,
     install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
   )
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/festival/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/festival/meson.build
index aab9624d28..ab77c074ed 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/festival/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/festival/meson.build
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ gstfestival = library('gstfestival',
   festival_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
-  dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep] + winsock2,
+  dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep] + winsock2 + network_deps,
   install : true,
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
index 7339156b97..9f15788eaa 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
@@ -377,6 +377,20 @@ if x11_dep.found()
   cdata.set('HAVE_X11', 1)
 endif
 
+#
+# Solaris and Illumos distros split a lot of networking-related code
+# into '-lsocket -lnsl'.  Anything that calls socketpair(), getifaddr(),
+# etc. probably needs to include network_deps
+#
+if host_machine.system() == 'sunos'
+  network_deps = [
+    cc.find_library('socket', required: false),
+    cc.find_library('nsl',    required: false)
+  ]
+else
+  network_deps = []
+endif
+
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
   winsock2 = [cc.find_library('ws2_32')]
 else
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/shm/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/shm/meson.build
index 6c6493e8d1..8445e1fa02 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/shm/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/shm/meson.build
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ if shm_enabled
     shm_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DSHM_PIPE_USE_GLIB'],
     include_directories : [configinc],
-    dependencies : [gstbase_dep, rt_dep],
+    dependencies : [gstbase_dep, rt_dep] + network_deps,
     install : true,
     install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
   )