diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 6e7189351..fb4c485f7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ COMMON_SOURCES = \
 	filter.c \
 	flexdef.h \
 	flexint.h \
+	flexint_shared.h \
 	gen.c \
 	main.c \
 	misc.c \
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ CLEANFILES = stage1scan.c stage1flex$(EXEEXT)
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = skel.c
 
-skel.c: flex.skl mkskel.sh flexint.h tables_shared.h tables_shared.c
+skel.c: flex.skl mkskel.sh flexint_shared.h tables_shared.h tables_shared.c
 	$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/mkskel.sh $(srcdir) $(m4) $(VERSION) > $@.tmp
 	mv $@.tmp $@
 
diff --git a/src/flex.skl b/src/flex.skl
index 67eea3c9d..1043238cf 100644
--- a/src/flex.skl
+++ b/src/flex.skl
@@ -248,10 +248,6 @@ m4_ifdef( [[M4_YY_ALWAYS_INTERACTIVE]], ,
 %endif
 /* end standard C headers. */
 
-%if-c-or-c++
-m4preproc_include(`flexint.h')
-%endif
-
 /* begin standard C++ headers. */
 %if-c++-only
 #include <iostream>
@@ -262,6 +258,10 @@ m4preproc_include(`flexint.h')
 /* end standard C++ headers. */
 %endif
 
+%if-c-or-c++
+m4preproc_include(`flexint_shared.h')
+%endif
+
 /* TODO: this is always defined, so inline it */
 #define yyconst const
 
diff --git a/src/flexint.h b/src/flexint.h
index 4b9e691ff..3576eaa64 100644
--- a/src/flexint.h
+++ b/src/flexint.h
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 #ifndef FLEXINT_H
 #define FLEXINT_H
 
-/* C99 systems have <inttypes.h>. Non-C99 systems may or may not. */
-
-#if defined (__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L
-
 /* C++ systems might need __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS defined before including
  * <stdint.h>, if you want the limit (max/min) macros for int types.
  */
@@ -14,20 +10,10 @@
 #define __STDC_LIMIT_MACROS 1
 #endif
 
-#include <inttypes.h>
-typedef int8_t flex_int8_t;
-typedef uint8_t flex_uint8_t;
-typedef int16_t flex_int16_t;
-typedef uint16_t flex_uint16_t;
-typedef int32_t flex_int32_t;
-typedef uint32_t flex_uint32_t;
-#else
-typedef signed char flex_int8_t;
-typedef short int flex_int16_t;
-typedef int flex_int32_t;
-typedef unsigned char flex_uint8_t; 
-typedef unsigned short int flex_uint16_t;
-typedef unsigned int flex_uint32_t;
+/* "flexint_shared.h" will be included also in skeleton. It will include
+ * <inttypes.h> (if available) and define flex's integral types.
+ */
+#include "flexint_shared.h"
 
 /* Limits of integral types. */
 #ifndef INT8_MIN
@@ -65,6 +51,4 @@ typedef unsigned int flex_uint32_t;
 #define SIZE_MAX               (~(size_t)0)
 #endif
 
-#endif /* ! C99 */
-
 #endif /* ! FLEXINT_H */
diff --git a/src/flexint_shared.h b/src/flexint_shared.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..569f0730b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/flexint_shared.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* flex integer type definitions */
+
+/* Prefer C99 integer types if available. */
+#if defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L
+/* Include <inttypes.h> and not <stdint.h> because Solaris 2.6 has the former
+ * and not the latter.
+ */
+#include <inttypes.h>
+typedef int8_t flex_int8_t;
+typedef uint8_t flex_uint8_t;
+typedef int16_t flex_int16_t;
+typedef uint16_t flex_uint16_t;
+typedef int32_t flex_int32_t;
+typedef uint32_t flex_uint32_t;
+#else
+typedef signed char flex_int8_t;
+typedef short int flex_int16_t;
+typedef int flex_int32_t;
+typedef unsigned char flex_uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned short int flex_uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned int flex_uint32_t;
+#endif /* ! C99 */