1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/s/sol2-5.h b/src/s/sol2-5.h
index f4b45884e6c..ffb3c2d5528 100644
--- a/src/s/sol2-5.h
+++ b/src/s/sol2-5.h
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
    regex.c to provide them in Emacs, but this is safer for now.  */
 #define LIB_MOTIF -lXm -lgen
 
+/* This is the only known way to avoid some crashes
+   that seem to relate to screwed up malloc data
+   after deleting a frame.  */
+#define SYSTEM_MALLOC
+
 #if 0 /* A recent patch in unexelf.c should eliminate the need for this.  */
 /* Don't use the shared libraries for -lXt and -lXaw,
    to work around a linker bug in Solaris 2.5.