diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3606959..ef84189 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+corrections:
+	socat did not compile on Solaris when configured without termios
+	feature (thanks to Pavan Gadi for reporting this bug)
+
 ####################### V 1.6.0.1:
 
 new features:
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 8821d46..63dff7f 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.6.0.1"
+"1.6.0.1+disable_termios"
diff --git a/filan.c b/filan.c
index e0477d1..df37ec4 100644
--- a/filan.c
+++ b/filan.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: filan.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2007 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* the subroutine filan makes a "FILe descriptor ANalysis". It checks the
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ int devinfo(int fd) {
 int cdevan(int fd, FILE *outfile) {
    int ret;
 
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
    if ((ret = Isatty(fd)) < 0) {
       Warn2("isatty(%d): %s", fd, strerror(errno));
       return -1;
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ int cdevan(int fd, FILE *outfile) {
 	 }
       }
    }
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
    return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/sycls.c b/sycls.c
index 8581436..8befb2a 100644
--- a/sycls.c
+++ b/sycls.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: sycls.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2007 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* explicit system call and C library trace function, for those who miss strace
@@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ void *Realloc(void *ptr, size_t size) {
    return result;
 }
 
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
 int Tcgetattr(int fd, struct termios *termios_p) {
    int i, result, _errno;
    char chars[5*NCCS], *cp = chars;
@@ -1252,7 +1253,9 @@ int Tcgetattr(int fd, struct termios *termios_p) {
    errno = _errno;
    return result;
 }
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
 
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
 int Tcsetattr(int fd, int optional_actions, struct termios *termios_p) {
    int i, result, _errno;
    char chars[5*NCCS], *cp = chars;
@@ -1270,6 +1273,7 @@ int Tcsetattr(int fd, int optional_actions, struct termios *termios_p) {
    errno = _errno;
    return result;
 }
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
 
 char *Ttyname(int fd) {
    char *result;
diff --git a/sysincludes.h b/sysincludes.h
index f233358..ddda228 100644
--- a/sysincludes.h
+++ b/sysincludes.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: sysincludes.h */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2007 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 #ifndef __sysincludes_h_included
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 #if HAVE_GRP_H
 #include <grp.h>	/* getgrnam() */
 #endif
-#if HAVE_PTY_H
+#if HAVE_PTY_H && _WITH_TERMIOS
 #include <pty.h>
 #endif
 #if HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 #include <linux/if_tun.h>
 #endif
 
-#if HAVE_TERMIOS_H && WITH_TERMIOS
+#if HAVE_TERMIOS_H && _WITH_TERMIOS
 #include <termios.h>
 #endif
 #if HAVE_SYS_UTSNAME_H
diff --git a/xio-readline.c b/xio-readline.c
index 54ae29d..4db3ec2 100644
--- a/xio-readline.c
+++ b/xio-readline.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-readline.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2002-2007 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2002-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this file contains the source for opening the readline address */
@@ -120,8 +120,10 @@ static int xioopen_readline(int argc, const char *argv[], struct opt *opts,
    if (xfd->stream.para.readline.history_file) {
       Read_history(xfd->stream.para.readline.history_file);
    }
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
    xiotermios_clrflag(xfd->stream.fd, 3, ICANON);
    xiotermios_clrflag(xfd->stream.fd, 3, ECHO);
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
    return _xio_openlate(&xfd->stream, opts);
 }
 
@@ -137,6 +139,7 @@ ssize_t xioread_readline(struct single *pipe, void *buff, size_t bufsiz) {
 	  pipe->para.readline.hasnoecho &&
 	  !regexec(&pipe->para.readline.noecho,
 		   pipe->para.readline.dynprompt, 0, NULL, 0)) {
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
       /* under these conditions, we do not echo input, thus we circumvent
 	 readline */
 	 struct termios saveterm, setterm;
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ ssize_t xioread_readline(struct single *pipe, void *buff, size_t bufsiz) {
 	 setterm = saveterm;
 	 setterm.c_lflag |= ICANON;
 	 Tcsetattr(pipe->fd, TCSANOW, &setterm);	/*!*/
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
 	 do {
 	    bytes = Read(pipe->fd, buff, bufsiz);
 	 } while (bytes < 0 && errno == EINTR);
@@ -155,16 +159,20 @@ ssize_t xioread_readline(struct single *pipe, void *buff, size_t bufsiz) {
 	    errno = _errno;
 	    return -1;
 	 }
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
 	 setterm.c_lflag &= ~ICANON;
 	 Tcgetattr(pipe->fd, &setterm);	/*! error */
 	 Tcsetattr(pipe->fd, TCSANOW, &saveterm);	/*!*/
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
 	 pipe->para.readline.dynend = pipe->para.readline.dynprompt;
 	 /*Write(pipe->fd, "\n", 1);*/	/*!*/
 	 return bytes;
       }
 #endif /* HAVE_REGEX_H */
 
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
       xiotermios_setflag(pipe->fd, 3, ECHO);
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
       if (pipe->para.readline.prompt || pipe->para.readline.dynprompt) {
 	 /* we must carriage return, because readline will first print the
 	    prompt */
@@ -191,7 +199,9 @@ ssize_t xioread_readline(struct single *pipe, void *buff, size_t bufsiz) {
       if (line == NULL) {
 	 return 0;	/* EOF */
       }
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
       xiotermios_clrflag(pipe->fd, 3, ECHO);
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
       Add_history(line);
       bytes = strlen(line);
       strncpy(buff, line, bufsiz);
diff --git a/xio-termios.c b/xio-termios.c
index 04e46f3..a5c2fd8 100644
--- a/xio-termios.c
+++ b/xio-termios.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-termios.c */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2006 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 /* this file contains the source for terminal I/O options */
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "xio-termios.h"
 
 /****** TERMIOS addresses ******/
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS
 #if WITH_TERMIOS
 const struct optdesc opt_tiocsctty={ "tiocsctty", "ctty",OPT_TIOCSCTTY,  GROUP_TERMIOS,   PH_LATE2, TYPE_BOOL,     OFUNC_SPEC };
 
@@ -324,3 +325,5 @@ int xiotermios_clrflag(int fd, int word, tcflag_t mask) {
    return 0;
 }
 
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
+
diff --git a/xio-termios.h b/xio-termios.h
index 00e7118..7944c67 100644
--- a/xio-termios.h
+++ b/xio-termios.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xio-termios.h */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2006 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 #ifndef __xio_termios_h_included
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ extern const struct optdesc opt_sane;
 extern const struct optdesc opt_ispeed;
 extern const struct optdesc opt_ospeed;
 
-#if WITH_TERMIOS /* otherwise tcflag_t might be reported undefined */
+#if _WITH_TERMIOS /* otherwise tcflag_t might be reported undefined */
 extern int xiotermios_setflag(int fd, int word, tcflag_t mask);
 extern int xiotermios_clrflag(int fd, int word, tcflag_t mask);
 extern int xiotermiosflag_applyopt(int fd, struct opt *opt);
-#endif /* WITH_TERMIOS */
+#endif /* _WITH_TERMIOS */
 
 #endif /* !defined(__xio_termios_h_included) */
diff --git a/xioconfig.h b/xioconfig.h
index f474b61..f62e45e 100644
--- a/xioconfig.h
+++ b/xioconfig.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* source: xioconfig.h */
-/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2007 */
+/* Copyright Gerhard Rieger 2001-2008 */
 /* Published under the GNU General Public License V.2, see file COPYING */
 
 #ifndef __xioconfig_h_included
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 #  define WITH_NAMED 1
 #endif
 
+#if WITH_TERMIOS || WITH_PTY || WITH_READLINE
+#  define _WITH_TERMIOS 1
+#endif
+
 #if WITH_SOCKS4A
 #  define WITH_SOCKS4 1
 #endif