diff --git a/params_others.go b/params_others.go
index 574aeb2..64f6c89 100644
--- a/params_others.go
+++ b/params_others.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux,!darwin,!windows,!freebsd,!netbsd,!openbsd
+// +build !linux,!darwin,!windows,!freebsd,!netbsd,!openbsd,!solaris,!illumos
 
 package water
 
diff --git a/params_solaris.go b/params_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5125e04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/params_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// +build solaris illumos
+
+package water
+
+// PlatformSpecificParams defines parameters in Config that are specific to
+// Linux. A zero-value of such type is valid, yielding an interface
+// with OS defined name.
+type PlatformSpecificParams struct {
+	// Name is the name to be set for the interface to be created. This overrides
+	// the default name assigned by OS such as tap0 or tun0. A zero-value of this
+	// field, i.e. an empty string, indicates that the default name should be
+	// used.
+	Name string
+}
+
+func defaultPlatformSpecificParams() PlatformSpecificParams {
+	return PlatformSpecificParams{
+		Name: "/dev/tun",
+	}
+}
diff --git a/syscalls_other.go b/syscalls_other.go
index 536c388..a92b2b3 100644
--- a/syscalls_other.go
+++ b/syscalls_other.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build !linux,!darwin,!windows,!freebsd,!netbsd,!openbsd
+// +build !linux,!darwin,!windows,!freebsd,!netbsd,!openbsd,!solaris,!illumos
 
 package water
 
diff --git a/syscalls_solaris.go b/syscalls_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e46172
--- /dev/null
+++ b/syscalls_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+// +build solaris illumos
+
+package water
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"syscall"
+	"unsafe"
+)
+
+// from <stropts.h>
+type strioctl struct {
+	ic_cmd    int32
+	ic_timout int32
+	ic_len    int32
+	ic_dp     unsafe.Pointer
+}
+
+type lifreq struct {
+	lfr_name    [32]byte
+	lifru_ppa   uint32
+	lifru_flags uint64
+}
+
+const (
+	IOCTL        = 54
+	TUNNEWPPA    = (('T' << 16) | 0x0001)
+	TUNSETPPA    = (('T' << 16) | 0x0002)
+	I_STR        = (('S' << 8) | 010)
+	I_PUSH       = (('S' << 8) | 002)
+	SIOCSLIFNAME = 3229116801 // #define	SIOCSLIFNAME	_IOWR('i', 129, struct lifreq)
+	IFF_IPV6     = 0x2000000
+)
+
+func openDev(config Config) (ifce *Interface, err error) {
+	switch config.Name[:8] {
+	case "/dev/tun":
+		return newTUN(config)
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unsupported interface type")
+	}
+}
+
+func newTUN(config Config) (ifce *Interface, err error) {
+	fmt.Println("I_PUSH:", I_PUSH)
+
+	tunfd, tunfderr := os.OpenFile("/dev/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
+	tun2fd, tun2fderr := os.OpenFile("/dev/tun", os.O_RDWR, 0)
+	if tunfderr != nil || tun2fderr != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error opening /dev/tun: %v %v", tunfderr, tun2fderr)
+	}
+
+	ipfd, iperr := os.OpenFile("/dev/ip6", os.O_RDWR, 0)
+	if iperr != nil {
+		return nil, iperr
+	}
+
+	var ppa int
+	var ioctlaction int
+
+	fmt.Println("Configured device name is", config.Name)
+
+	if len(config.Name) > 8 {
+		fmt.Println("Try to set PPA")
+		ppa, err = strconv.Atoi(config.Name[8:])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		ioctlaction = TUNSETPPA
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("Try to new PPA")
+		ioctlaction, ppa = TUNNEWPPA, 0
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Trying TUNNEWPPA/TUNSETPPA", uintptr(ppa))
+	_, _, errno := syscall.Syscall(IOCTL, tunfd.Fd(), uintptr(ioctlaction), uintptr(ppa))
+	if errno != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ioctl(TUNNEWPPA/TUNSETPPA): %v", errno)
+	}
+
+	/*
+		fmt.Println("Trying push IP stack to tun2fd")
+		stack := []byte("ip")
+		_, _, errno = syscall.Syscall(IOCTL, tun2fd.Fd(), I_PUSH, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&stack)))
+		if errno != 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("ioctl(I_PUSH): %v", errno)
+		}
+	*/
+
+	ifr := lifreq{
+		lifru_ppa:   uint32(ppa),
+		lifru_flags: IFF_IPV6,
+	}
+	copy(ifr.lfr_name[:], fmt.Sprintf("tun%d", ppa))
+	fmt.Println("Trying set interface name to", string(ifr.lfr_name[:]), "for PPA", uint32(ppa))
+	_, _, errno = syscall.Syscall(IOCTL, tun2fd.Fd(), SIOCSLIFNAME, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&ifr)))
+	if errno != 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ioctl(SIOCSLIFNAME): %v", errno)
+	}
+
+	_ = ipfd
+
+	fmt.Println("The selected PPA is", ppa)
+
+	intfd := os.NewFile(uintptr(ppa), "pipe")
+	if intfd == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid intfd")
+	}
+
+	/*
+			154     if((if_fd = open(device, O_RDWR, 0)) < 0) {
+		  155         logger(LOG_ERR, "Could not open %s: %s\n", device, strerror(errno));
+		  156         return false;
+		  157     }
+		  158
+		  159     if(ioctl(if_fd, I_PUSH, "ip") < 0) {
+		  160         logger(LOG_ERR, "Could not push IP module onto %s %s!", device_info, device);
+		  161         return false;
+		  162     }
+	*/
+
+	// ifce = &Interface{isTAP: false, ReadWriteCloser: fd, name: config.Name[5:]}
+	return
+}