diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 206ce4c0f..feddaf0f4 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-04-23  Pavel Machek  <pavel@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
+
+	* vfs.c (vfs_parse_filemode): fix for solaris which uses 'l'
+	instead of 'S'.
+
 Wed Apr 21 21:59:50 1999  Norbert Warmuth  <nwarmuth@privat.circular.de>
 
 	* extfs.c (extfs_open): tempnam returns a malloced string, no need
diff --git a/vfs/vfs.c b/vfs/vfs.c
index 28953bdcb..ad1ddabce 100644
--- a/vfs/vfs.c
+++ b/vfs/vfs.c
@@ -1443,6 +1443,7 @@ int vfs_parse_filemode (char *p)
     switch (*(p++)){
 	case 'x': res |= 0010; break;
 	case 's': res |= 0010 | S_ISGID; break;
+        case 'l': /* Solaris produces these */
 	case 'S': res |= S_ISGID; break;
 	case '-': break;
 	default: return -1;