diff --git a/ovm/src/com/cloud/ovm/hypervisor/OvmHelper.java b/ovm/src/com/cloud/ovm/hypervisor/OvmHelper.java
index c9af2b83dbc..addd864467e 100755
--- a/ovm/src/com/cloud/ovm/hypervisor/OvmHelper.java
+++ b/ovm/src/com/cloud/ovm/hypervisor/OvmHelper.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ public class OvmHelper {
 	 private static final HashMap<String, String> _ovmMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
 	 
 	 public static final String ORACLE_LINUX = "Oracle Linux";
+	 public static final String ORACLE_SOLARIS = "Oracle Solaris";
 	 public static final String WINDOWS = "Windows";
 	 
 	 static {
@@ -34,6 +35,12 @@ public class OvmHelper {
 		_ovmMap.put("Windows Vista (32-bit)", WINDOWS);
 		_ovmMap.put("Windows XP SP2 (32-bit)", WINDOWS);
 		_ovmMap.put("Windows XP SP3 (32-bit)", WINDOWS);
+		_ovmMap.put("Sun Solaris 10(32-bit)", ORACLE_SOLARIS);
+		_ovmMap.put("Sun Solaris 10(64-bit)", ORACLE_SOLARIS);
+		_ovmMap.put("Sun Solaris 9(Experimental)", ORACLE_SOLARIS);
+		_ovmMap.put("Sun Solaris 8(Experimental)", ORACLE_SOLARIS);
+		_ovmMap.put("Sun Solaris 11 (32-bit)", ORACLE_SOLARIS);
+		_ovmMap.put("Sun Solaris 11 (64-bit)", ORACLE_SOLARIS);
 	}
 	 
 	public static String getOvmGuestType(String stdType) {
diff --git a/ovm/src/com/cloud/ovm/hypervisor/OvmResourceBase.java b/ovm/src/com/cloud/ovm/hypervisor/OvmResourceBase.java
index d2a05646efc..30a138f7665 100755
--- a/ovm/src/com/cloud/ovm/hypervisor/OvmResourceBase.java
+++ b/ovm/src/com/cloud/ovm/hypervisor/OvmResourceBase.java
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ public class OvmResourceBase implements ServerResource, HypervisorResource {
 			String osType = OvmHelper.getOvmGuestType(spec.getOs());
 			if (OvmHelper.ORACLE_LINUX.equals(osType)) {
 				vm.type = OvmVm.PV;
-			} else if (OvmHelper.WINDOWS.equals(osType)) {
+			} else if (OvmHelper.WINDOWS.equals(osType) || OvmHelper.ORACLE_SOLARIS.equals(osType)) {
 				vm.type = OvmVm.HVM;
 			} else {
 				throw new CloudRuntimeException(spec.getOs() + " is not supported" + ",Oracle VM only supports Oracle Linux and Windows");
diff --git a/setup/db/db/schema-2212to2213.sql b/setup/db/db/schema-2212to2213.sql
index 7ef673412b6..d26cb658f00 100644
--- a/setup/db/db/schema-2212to2213.sql
+++ b/setup/db/db/schema-2212to2213.sql
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ INSERT IGNORE INTO guest_os(id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (200, 1, 'Othe
 INSERT IGNORE INTO guest_os(id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (201, 1, 'Other CentOS (64-bit)');
 INSERT IGNORE INTO guest_os(id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (202, 5, 'Other SUSE Linux(32-bit)');
 INSERT IGNORE INTO guest_os(id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (203, 5, 'Other SUSE Linux(64-bit)');
+INSERT IGNORE INTO guest_os(id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (141, 9, 'Sun Solaris 11 (64-bit)');
+INSERT IGNORE INTO guest_os(id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (142, 9, 'Sun Solaris 11 (32-bit)');
 
 INSERT IGNORE INTO guest_os_hypervisor(hypervisor_type, guest_os_name, guest_os_id) VALUES ("VmWare", 'CentOS (32-bit)', 200);
 INSERT IGNORE INTO guest_os_hypervisor(hypervisor_type, guest_os_name, guest_os_id) VALUES ("VmWare", 'CentOS (64-bit)', 201);
diff --git a/setup/db/templates.sql b/setup/db/templates.sql
index 57ddf827b98..688b6f3b1c5 100755
--- a/setup/db/templates.sql
+++ b/setup/db/templates.sql
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os` (id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (137, 4, '
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os` (id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (138, 7, 'None');
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os` (id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (139, 7, 'Other PV (32-bit)');
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os` (id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (140, 7, 'Other PV (64-bit)');
+INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os` (id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (141, 9, 'Sun Solaris 11 (64-bit)');
+INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os` (id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (142, 9, 'Sun Solaris 11 (32-bit)');
 
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os` (id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (200, 1, 'Other CentOS (32-bit)');
 INSERT INTO `cloud`.`guest_os` (id, category_id, display_name) VALUES (201, 1, 'Other CentOS (64-bit)');