diff --git a/libcxx/cmake/caches/AIX.cmake b/libcxx/cmake/caches/AIX.cmake
--- a/libcxx/cmake/caches/AIX.cmake
+++ b/libcxx/cmake/caches/AIX.cmake
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@
 set(LIBCXXABI_ENABLE_SHARED ON CACHE BOOL "")
 set(LIBCXXABI_ENABLE_STATIC OFF CACHE BOOL "")
 set(LIBCXX_CXX_ABI libcxxabi CACHE STRING "")
+set(LIBCXXABI_USE_LLVM_UNWINDER ON CACHE BOOL "")
+set(LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_SHARED ON CACHE BOOL "")
+set(LIBUNWIND_ENABLE_STATIC OFF CACHE BOOL "")
diff --git a/libcxx/utils/ci/run-buildbot b/libcxx/utils/ci/run-buildbot
--- a/libcxx/utils/ci/run-buildbot
+++ b/libcxx/utils/ci/run-buildbot
@@ -603,10 +603,10 @@
     generate-cmake -C "${MONOREPO_ROOT}/libcxx/cmake/caches/AIX.cmake" \
                    -DLIBCXX_TEST_CONFIG="ibm-libc++-shared.cfg.in" \
                    -DLIBCXXABI_TEST_CONFIG="ibm-libc++abi-shared.cfg.in" \
-                   -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="libcxx;libcxxabi"
-    # TODO: use check-runtimes once libunwind builds cleanly on AIX.
-    ${NINJA} -vC "${BUILD_DIR}" install-cxx install-cxxabi
-    ${NINJA} -vC "${BUILD_DIR}" check-cxx check-cxxabi
+                   -DLIBUNWIND_TEST_CONFIG="ibm-libunwind-shared.cfg.in" \
+                   -DLLVM_ENABLE_RUNTIMES="libcxx;libcxxabi;libunwind"
+    ${NINJA} -vC "${BUILD_DIR}" install-cxx install-cxxabi install-unwind
+    check-runtimes
 ;;
 #################################################################
 # Insert vendor-specific internal configurations below.
diff --git a/libunwind/test/CMakeLists.txt b/libunwind/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/libunwind/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libunwind/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
   serialize_lit_param("${name}" "\"${value}\"")
 endforeach()
 
+configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/configs/cmake-bridge.cfg.in"
+               "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake-bridge.cfg"
+               @ONLY)
+
 configure_lit_site_cfg(
   "${LIBUNWIND_TEST_CONFIG}"
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lit.site.cfg
diff --git a/libunwind/test/configs/cmake-bridge.cfg.in b/libunwind/test/configs/cmake-bridge.cfg.in
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libunwind/test/configs/cmake-bridge.cfg.in
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+@AUTO_GEN_COMMENT@
+
+@SERIALIZED_LIT_PARAMS@
+
+#
+# This file performs the bridge between the CMake configuration and the Lit
+# configuration files by setting up the LitConfig object and various Lit
+# substitutions from CMake variables.
+#
+# Individual configuration files can take advantage of this bridge by
+# loading the file and then setting up the remaining Lit substitutions.
+#
+
+import os, site
+site.addsitedir(os.path.join('@LIBUNWIND_LIBCXX_PATH@', 'utils'))
+site.addsitedir(os.path.join('@LIBUNWIND_SOURCE_DIR@', 'test'))
+import libcxx.test.format
+
+# Basic configuration of the test suite
+config.name = os.path.basename('@LIBUNWIND_TEST_CONFIG@')
+config.test_source_root = os.path.join('@LIBUNWIND_SOURCE_DIR@', 'test')
+config.test_format = libcxx.test.format.CxxStandardLibraryTest()
+config.recursiveExpansionLimit = 10
+config.test_exec_root = '@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@'
+config.target_info = "@LIBUNWIND_TARGET_INFO@"
+
+# TODO: This is a non-standard Lit attribute and we should have another way of accessing this.
+config.host_triple = '@LLVM_HOST_TRIPLE@'
+
+config.substitutions.append(('%{cxx}', '@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER@'))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{libcxx}', '@LIBCXXABI_LIBCXX_PATH@'))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{include}', '@LIBUNWIND_SOURCE_DIR@/include'))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{cxx-include}', '@LIBCXXABI_HEADER_DIR@/include/c++/v1'))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{cxx-target-include}', '@LIBCXXABI_HEADER_DIR@/%{triple}/include/c++/v1'))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{lib}', '@LIBUNWIND_LIBRARY_DIR@'))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{executor}', '@LIBUNWIND_EXECUTOR@'))
diff --git a/libunwind/test/configs/ibm-libunwind-shared.cfg.in b/libunwind/test/configs/ibm-libunwind-shared.cfg.in
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libunwind/test/configs/ibm-libunwind-shared.cfg.in
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+@AUTO_GEN_COMMENT@
+
+@SERIALIZED_LIT_PARAMS@
+
+#
+# Testing configuration for libunwind on AIX.
+#
+# This file is a lot simpler than the ones for libc++ and libc++abi because
+# while libunwind is written in C++, it doesn't use the C++ Standard Library
+# so we don't need to set that up to run the tests correctly.
+#
+
+lit_config.load_config(config, '@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/cmake-bridge.cfg')
+
+config.substitutions.append(('%{flags}', ''))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{compile_flags}',
+    '-nostdinc++ -I %{include} -I %{cxx-include}'
+))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{link_flags}',
+    '-nostdlib++ -L %{lib} -lunwind -ldl -Wl,-bbigtoc'
+))
+config.substitutions.append(('%{exec}',
+    '%{executor} --execdir %T --env LIBPATH=%{lib} -- '
+))
+
+import os, site
+site.addsitedir(os.path.join('@LIBUNWIND_LIBCXX_PATH@', 'utils'))
+import libcxx.test.params, libcxx.test.newconfig, libcxx.test.newconfig
+libcxx.test.newconfig.configure(
+    libcxx.test.params.DEFAULT_PARAMETERS,
+    libcxx.test.features.DEFAULT_FEATURES,
+    config,
+    lit_config
+)
diff --git a/libunwind/test/configs/llvm-libunwind-shared.cfg.in b/libunwind/test/configs/llvm-libunwind-shared.cfg.in
--- a/libunwind/test/configs/llvm-libunwind-shared.cfg.in
+++ b/libunwind/test/configs/llvm-libunwind-shared.cfg.in
@@ -10,17 +10,7 @@
 # so we don't need to set that up to run the tests correctly.
 #
 
-import os, site
-site.addsitedir(os.path.join('@LIBUNWIND_LIBCXX_PATH@', 'utils'))
-import libcxx.test.format
-
-# Basic configuration of the test suite
-config.name = os.path.basename('@LIBUNWIND_TEST_CONFIG@')
-config.test_source_root = os.path.join('@LIBUNWIND_SOURCE_DIR@', 'test')
-config.test_format = libcxx.test.format.CxxStandardLibraryTest()
-config.recursiveExpansionLimit = 10
-config.test_exec_root = '@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@'
-config.target_info = "@LIBUNWIND_TARGET_INFO@"
+lit_config.load_config(config, '@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/cmake-bridge.cfg')
 
 compile_flags = []
 link_flags = []
@@ -39,9 +29,6 @@
 # Stack unwinding tests need unwinding tables and these are not generated by default on all targets.
 compile_flags.append('-funwind-tables')
 
-config.substitutions.append(('%{executor}', '@LIBUNWIND_EXECUTOR@'))
-
-config.substitutions.append(('%{cxx}', '@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER@'))
 local_sysroot = '@CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT@' or '@CMAKE_SYSROOT@'
 config.substitutions.append(('%{flags}',
     '-isysroot {}'.format(local_sysroot) if local_sysroot else ''
diff --git a/libunwind/test/configs/llvm-libunwind-static.cfg.in b/libunwind/test/configs/llvm-libunwind-static.cfg.in
--- a/libunwind/test/configs/llvm-libunwind-static.cfg.in
+++ b/libunwind/test/configs/llvm-libunwind-static.cfg.in
@@ -10,17 +10,7 @@
 # so we don't need to set that up to run the tests correctly.
 #
 
-import os, site
-site.addsitedir(os.path.join('@LIBUNWIND_LIBCXX_PATH@', 'utils'))
-import libcxx.test.format
-
-# Basic configuration of the test suite
-config.name = os.path.basename('@LIBUNWIND_TEST_CONFIG@')
-config.test_source_root = os.path.join('@LIBUNWIND_SOURCE_DIR@', 'test')
-config.test_format = libcxx.test.format.CxxStandardLibraryTest()
-config.recursiveExpansionLimit = 10
-config.test_exec_root = '@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@'
-config.target_info = "@LIBUNWIND_TARGET_INFO@"
+lit_config.load_config(config, '@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/cmake-bridge.cfg')
 
 compile_flags = []
 link_flags = []
@@ -43,10 +33,6 @@
 # Stack unwinding tests need unwinding tables and these are not generated by default on all targets.
 compile_flags.append('-funwind-tables')
 
-config.substitutions.append(('%{executor}', '@LIBUNWIND_EXECUTOR@'))
-
-config.substitutions.append(('%{cxx}', '@CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER@'))
-
 local_sysroot = '@CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT@' or '@CMAKE_SYSROOT@'
 config.substitutions.append(('%{flags}',
     '-isysroot {}'.format(local_sysroot) if local_sysroot else ''