--- old/make/common/Program.gmk	2012-08-09 16:38:36.186850718 -0400
+++ new/make/common/Program.gmk	2012-08-09 16:38:36.020850720 -0400
@@ -126,6 +126,26 @@
 endif # PLATFORM
 
 #
+# Applications expect to be able to link against libjawt without invoking
+# System.loadLibrary("jawt") first. This was the behaviour described in the
+# devloper documentation of JAWT and what worked with OpenJDK6.
+#
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM), solaris)
+  ifeq ($(ARCH_DATA_MODEL), 32)
+    LDFLAGS += -R \$$ORIGIN/../lib/$(LIBARCH)
+    LDFLAGS += -R \$$ORIGIN/../jre/lib/$(LIBARCH)
+  else # ! ARCH_DATA_MODEL 64-bit
+    LDFLAGS += -R \$$ORIGIN/../../lib/$(LIBARCH)
+    LDFLAGS += -R \$$ORIGIN/../../jre/lib/$(LIBARCH)
+  endif # ARCH_DATA_MODEL
+endif # PLATFORM SOLARIS
+ifeq ($(PLATFORM), linux)
+  LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath -Wl,\$$ORIGIN/../lib/$(LIBARCH)
+  LDFLAGS += -Wl,-rpath -Wl,\$$ORIGIN/../jre/lib/$(LIBARCH)
+endif # PLATFORM LINUX
+
+
+#
 # Launcher specific files.
 #
 FILES_o = $(OBJDIR)/main.$(OBJECT_SUFFIX)
--- old/make/sun/jawt/Makefile	2012-08-09 16:38:39.001850692 -0400
+++ new/make/sun/jawt/Makefile	2012-08-09 16:38:38.787850694 -0400
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 include $(BUILDDIR)/common/Defs.gmk
 
 #
+# libjawt links to other programs, but nothing links to it directly. An RPATH
+# entry has been added to the launcher so third-party programs linked against
+# it will be able to find it no matter where the JDK or the third-party program
+# is located.
+#
+
+#
 # Files
 #
 ifeq ($(PLATFORM), windows)