diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a69b5c5ab9..562f093e4c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #3559925 [privileges] Incorrect updating of the list of users
 - bug #3561224 [edit] cell edit date field with empty date fills in current date
 - bug #3559955 [edit] current_date from function drop down fails on update
+- add support for Solaris and FreeBSD system load and memory display in server status
 
 3.5.2.2 (2012-08-12)
 - [security] Fixed XSS vulnerabilities, see PMASA-2012-4
diff --git a/libraries/Advisor.class.php b/libraries/Advisor.class.php
index 62ba645d51..0c031405ba 100644
--- a/libraries/Advisor.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Advisor.class.php
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Advisor
         }
         // Add total memory to variables as well
         include_once 'libraries/sysinfo.lib.php';
-        $sysinfo = getSysInfo();
+        $sysinfo = PMA_getSysInfo();
         $memory  = $sysinfo->memory();
         $this->variables['system_memory'] = $memory['MemTotal'];
 
diff --git a/libraries/sysinfo.lib.php b/libraries/sysinfo.lib.php
index c6408ff631..e825540e29 100644
--- a/libraries/sysinfo.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/sysinfo.lib.php
@@ -9,24 +9,43 @@
  * @package PhpMyAdmin
  */
 
+/**
+ * Wrap the PHP_OS constant
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function PMA_getSysInfoOs()
+{
+    $php_os = PHP_OS;
+
+    // look for common UNIX-like systems
+    $unix_like = array('FreeBSD');
+    if (in_array($php_os, $unix_like)) {
+        $php_os = 'Linux';
+    }
+
+    return ucfirst($php_os);
+}
+
 /**
  * @return array
  */
-function getSysInfo()
+function PMA_getSysInfo()
 {
-    $supported = array('Linux', 'WINNT');
+    $php_os = PMA_getSysInfoOs();
+    $supported = array('Linux', 'WINNT', 'SunOS');
 
     $sysinfo = array();
 
-    if (in_array(PHP_OS, $supported)) {
-        return eval("return new ".PHP_OS."();");
+    if (in_array($php_os, $supported)) {
+        return eval("return new PMA_sysinfo".$php_os."();");
     }
 
-    return $sysinfo;
+    return new PMA_Sysinfo_Default;
 }
 
 
-class WINNT
+class PMA_sysinfoWinnt
 {
     private $_wmi;
 
@@ -104,7 +123,7 @@ class WINNT
     }
 }
 
-class Linux
+class PMA_sysinfoLinux
 {
     public $os = 'Linux';
 
@@ -127,3 +146,54 @@ class Linux
         return $mem;
     }
 }
+
+class PMA_sysinfoSunos
+{
+    public $os = 'SunOS';
+
+    private function _kstat($key)
+    {
+        if ($m = shell_exec('kstat -p d '.$key)) {
+            list($key, $value) = preg_split("/\t/", trim($m), 2);
+            return $value;
+        } else {
+            return '';
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function loadavg() {
+        $load1 = $this->_kstat('unix:0:system_misc:avenrun_1min');
+
+        return array('loadavg' => $load1);
+    }
+
+    public function memory() {
+        preg_match_all('/^(MemTotal|MemFree|Cached|Buffers|SwapCached|SwapTotal|SwapFree):\s+(.*)\s*kB/im', file_get_contents('/proc/meminfo'), $matches);
+
+        $pagesize = $this->_kstat('unix:0:seg_cache:slab_size');
+        $mem['MemTotal'] = $this->_kstat('unix:0:system_pages:pagestotal') * $pagesize;
+        $mem['MemUsed'] = $this->_kstat('unix:0:system_pages:pageslocked') * $pagesize;
+        $mem['MemFree'] = $this->_kstat('unix:0:system_pages:pagesfree') * $pagesize;
+        $mem['SwapTotal'] = $this->_kstat('unix:0:vminfo:swap_avail') * $pagesize;
+        $mem['SwapUsed'] = $this->_kstat('unix:0:vminfo:swap_alloc') * $pagesize;
+        $mem['SwapFree'] = $this->_kstat('unix:0:vminfo:swap_free') * $pagesize;
+
+        foreach ($mem as $idx=>$value)
+            $mem[$idx] = intval($value);
+
+        return $mem;
+    }
+}
+
+class PMA_sysinfoDefault
+{
+    public $os = PHP_OS;
+
+    public function loadavg() {
+        return array('loadavg' => 0);
+    }
+
+    public function memory() {
+        return array();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/server_status.php b/server_status.php
index 0ebf32d7ec..fe701064a7 100644
--- a/server_status.php
+++ b/server_status.php
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['ajax_request']) && $_REQUEST['ajax_request'] == true) {
                         case 'cpu':
                             if (!$sysinfo) {
                                 include_once 'libraries/sysinfo.lib.php';
-                                $sysinfo = getSysInfo();
+                                $sysinfo = PMA_getSysInfo();
                             }
                             if (!$cpuload) {
                                 $cpuload = $sysinfo->loadavg();
                             }
 
-                            if (PHP_OS == 'Linux') {
+                            if (PMA_getSysInfoOs() == 'Linux') {
                                 $ret[$chart_id][$node_id][$point_id]['idle'] = $cpuload['idle'];
                                 $ret[$chart_id][$node_id][$point_id]['busy'] = $cpuload['busy'];
                             } else
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['ajax_request']) && $_REQUEST['ajax_request'] == true) {
                         case 'memory':
                             if (!$sysinfo) {
                                 include_once 'libraries/sysinfo.lib.php';
-                                $sysinfo = getSysInfo();
+                                $sysinfo = PMA_getSysInfo();
                             }
                             if (!$memory) {
                                 $memory  = $sysinfo->memory();