diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/meson.build
index 03f4996731..7ed2a35702 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/gst/meson.build
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ libgst = library('gstreamer-1.0', gst_sources,
   link_with : printf_lib,
   install : true,
   dependencies : [gobject_dep, gmodule_dep, glib_dep, mathlib, dl_dep,
-                  backtrace_deps, platform_deps, extra_deps],
+                  backtrace_deps, platform_deps, network_deps, extra_deps],
 )
 
 gst_compile_args = []
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/libs/gst/net/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/libs/gst/net/meson.build
index 17c63c8e1a..f4937d60f0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/libs/gst/net/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/libs/gst/net/meson.build
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ gst_net = library('gstnet-@0@'.format(apiversion),
   soversion : soversion,
   darwin_versions : osxversion,
   install : true,
-  dependencies : [gio_dep, gst_base_dep, dl_dep],
+  dependencies : [gio_dep, gst_base_dep, dl_dep, network_deps],
 )
 
 library_def = {'lib': gst_net}
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
index 1ad53bdfff..c69c35eeae 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
@@ -573,6 +573,21 @@ mathlib = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
 # Also provides clock_gettime in glibc < 2.17
 rt_lib = cc.find_library('rt', required : false)
 
+#
+# 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
+#
+socket_lib = cc.find_library('socket', required: false)
+nsl_lib    = cc.find_library('nsl',    required: false)
+network_deps = []
+if socket_lib.found()
+  network_deps += socket_lib
+endif
+if nsl_lib.found()
+  network_deps += nsl_lib
+endif
+
 gir = find_program('g-ir-scanner', required : get_option('introspection'))
 gnome = import('gnome')
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/check/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/check/meson.build
index 65402791aa..7d68212c6f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/check/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/check/meson.build
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ if get_option('check').disabled()
   endif
 endif
 
-gst_deps = [gst_dep, gst_base_dep, gst_check_dep, gst_net_dep, gst_controller_dep, gio_dep, gmodule_dep]
+gst_deps = [gst_dep, gst_base_dep, gst_check_dep, gst_net_dep, gst_controller_dep, gio_dep, gmodule_dep, network_deps]
 
 foreach t : core_tests
   fname = t[0]
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/misc/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/misc/meson.build
index ca9b5fa084..82140436d5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/misc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/tests/misc/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 executable('netclock-replay', 'netclock-replay.c',
     include_directories: libsinc,
-    dependencies : [gio_dep, gst_dep])
+    dependencies : [gio_dep, gst_dep, network_deps])