diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-go/llvm-go.go b/llvm/tools/llvm-go/llvm-go.go
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-go/llvm-go.go
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-go/llvm-go.go
@@ -97,9 +97,15 @@
 		stdLibOption = "-stdlib=libc++"
 	}
 	if runtime.GOOS != "darwin" {
-		// OS X doesn't like -rpath with cgo. See:
-		// https://github.com/golang/go/issues/7293
-		ldflags = "-Wl,-rpath," + llvmConfig("--libdir") + " " + ldflags
+        if runtime.GOOS == "aix" {
+            // AIX linker does not honour `-rpath`, the closest substitution
+            // is `-blibpath`
+            ldflags = "-Wl,-blibpath:" + llvmConfig("--libdir") + " " + ldflags
+        } else {
+            // OS X doesn't like -rpath with cgo. See:
+            // https://github.com/golang/go/issues/7293
+            ldflags = "-Wl,-rpath," + llvmConfig("--libdir") + " " + ldflags
+        }
 	}
 	return compilerFlags{
 		cpp: llvmConfig("--cppflags"),