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
@@ -96,11 +96,15 @@
 		// needed to resolve dependent symbols
 		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 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
+    }
 	return compilerFlags{
 		cpp: llvmConfig("--cppflags"),
 		cxx: "-std=c++14" + " " + stdLibOption,