diff --git a/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline.go b/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline.go
index 3bf7db0a0..67cb80653 100644
--- a/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline.go
+++ b/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline.go
@@ -118,8 +118,3 @@ var (
 	wrappedStdout *os.File
 	wrappedStderr *os.File
 )
-
-func init() {
-	// Initialize the platform-specific code
-	initPlatform()
-}
diff --git a/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_solaris.go b/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_solaris.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26c4e6c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_solaris.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package wrappedreadline
+
+// getWidth impl for Solaris
+func getWidth() int {
+	return 80
+}
+
+// get width of the terminal
+func getWidthFd(stdoutFd int) int {
+	return getWidth()
+}
diff --git a/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_unix.go b/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_unix.go
index 130f2987a..8db87d1fa 100644
--- a/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_unix.go
+++ b/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_unix.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func getWidthFd(stdoutFd int) int {
 	return int(ws.Col)
 }
 
-func initPlatform() {
+func init() {
 	// The standard streams are passed in via extra file descriptors.
 	wrappedStdin = os.NewFile(uintptr(3), "stdin")
 	wrappedStdout = os.NewFile(uintptr(4), "stdout")
diff --git a/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_windows.go b/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_windows.go
index 459479af9..fc1793409 100644
--- a/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_windows.go
+++ b/helper/wrappedreadline/wrappedreadline_windows.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func getWidth() int {
 	return 0
 }
 
-func initPlatform() {
+func init() {
 	wrappedStdin = openConsole("CONIN$", os.Stdin)
 	wrappedStdout = openConsole("CONOUT$", os.Stdout)
 	wrappedStderr = wrappedStdout