diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/solaris-prtdiag-path.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/solaris-prtdiag-path.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae3cf426dc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/solaris-prtdiag-path.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - Hardware fact gathering now completes on Solaris 8.  Previously, it aborted with error `Argument 'args' to run_command must be list or string`.
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/sunos.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/sunos.py
index 3433d23b72f..48993ef6ec9 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/sunos.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts/hardware/sunos.py
@@ -168,8 +168,13 @@ class SunOSHardware(Hardware):
     def get_dmi_facts(self):
         dmi_facts = {}
 
-        uname_path = self.module.get_bin_path("prtdiag")
-        rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(uname_path)
+        # On Solaris 8 the prtdiag wrapper is absent from /usr/sbin,
+        # but that's okay, because we know where to find the real thing:
+        rc, platform, err = self.module.run_command('/usr/bin/uname -i')
+        platform_sbin = '/usr/platform/' + platform.rstrip() + '/sbin'
+
+        prtdiag_path = self.module.get_bin_path("prtdiag", opt_dirs=[platform_sbin])
+        rc, out, err = self.module.run_command(prtdiag_path)
         """
         rc returns 1
         """