diff --git a/llvm/unittests/Passes/CMakeLists.txt b/llvm/unittests/Passes/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/llvm/unittests/Passes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/llvm/unittests/Passes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 # work with DLLs on Windows (where a shared library can't have undefined
 # references), so just skip this testcase on Windows.
 if (NOT WIN32)
+  # On AIX, enable run-time linking to allow symbols from the plugins shared
+  # objects to be properly bound.
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "AIX")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-brtl")
+  endif()
   set(LLVM_LINK_COMPONENTS Support Passes Core AsmParser)
   add_llvm_unittest(PluginsTests
     PluginsTest.cpp