diff --git a/make/common/shared/Defs-utils.gmk b/make/common/shared/Defs-utils.gmk
index a5b1802c46b1956aa651f75bcb45c08f33302158..1cebe93ca5b8226a0b25835ea189dc80fba58b8d 100644
--- a/make/common/shared/Defs-utils.gmk
+++ b/make/common/shared/Defs-utils.gmk
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ FMT            = $(UTILS_COMMAND_PATH)fmt
 GDB            = $(UTILS_USR_BIN_PATH)gdb
 GREP           = $(UTILS_COMMAND_PATH)grep
 GUNZIP         = $(UTILS_COMMAND_PATH)gunzip
+# GZIP is used for solaris. Linux and windows use tar czf
+GZIP           = $(UTILS_COMMAND_PATH)gzip
 HEAD           = $(UTILS_USR_BIN_PATH)head
 HG             = hg
 ID             = $(UTILS_COMMAND_PATH)id