diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ea8ecac3..f503fa3e8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ matrix:
   include:
     - os: linux
       go: "1.9.x"
-      env: RESTIC_TEST_FUSE=0 RESTIC_TEST_CLOUD_BACKENDS=0
+      env: RESTIC_TEST_FUSE=0 RESTIC_TEST_CLOUD_BACKENDS=0 RESTIC_BUILD_SOLARIS=0
 
     # only run fuse and cloud backends tests on Travis for the latest Go on Linux
     - os: linux
diff --git a/internal/ui/termstatus/terminal_unix.go b/internal/ui/termstatus/terminal_unix.go
index c9f47f242..e49d62d40 100644
--- a/internal/ui/termstatus/terminal_unix.go
+++ b/internal/ui/termstatus/terminal_unix.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ package termstatus
 
 import (
 	"io"
-	"syscall"
-	"unsafe"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
 	isatty "github.com/mattn/go-isatty"
 )
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ func canUpdateStatus(fd uintptr) bool {
 // getTermSize returns the dimensions of the given terminal.
 // the code is taken from "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
 func getTermSize(fd uintptr) (width, height int, err error) {
-	var dimensions [4]uint16
-
-	if _, _, err := syscall.Syscall6(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, fd, uintptr(syscall.TIOCGWINSZ), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&dimensions)), 0, 0, 0); err != 0 {
+	ws, err := unix.IoctlGetWinsize(int(fd), unix.TIOCGWINSZ)
+	if err != nil {
 		return -1, -1, err
 	}
-	return int(dimensions[1]), int(dimensions[0]), nil
+	return int(ws.Col), int(ws.Row), nil
 }
diff --git a/run_integration_tests.go b/run_integration_tests.go
index 9188d0ab9..0908680d2 100644
--- a/run_integration_tests.go
+++ b/run_integration_tests.go
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ func (env *TravisEnvironment) Prepare() error {
 				"openbsd/386", "openbsd/amd64",
 				"linux/arm", "freebsd/arm",
 			}
+
+			if os.Getenv("RESTIC_BUILD_SOLARIS") == "0" {
+				msg("Skipping Solaris build\n")
+			} else {
+				env.goxOSArch = append(env.goxOSArch, "solaris/amd64")
+			}
 		} else {
 			env.goxOSArch = []string{runtime.GOOS + "/" + runtime.GOARCH}
 		}