diff --git a/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.2.1-r3.ebuild b/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.2.1-r3.ebuild
index 362bf63323971..f7e8d255559a8 100644
--- a/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.2.1-r3.ebuild
+++ b/app-arch/libarchive/libarchive-3.2.1-r3.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ PATCHES=(
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default
-	eautoreconf
+	eautoreconf # elibtoolize is required for Solaris sol2_ld linker fix
 }
 
 multilib_src_configure() {