diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/Clang.cpp
@@ -3970,12 +3970,15 @@
   // Column info is included by default for everything except SCE and
   // CodeView. Clang doesn't track end columns, just starting columns, which,
   // in theory, is fine for CodeView (and PDB).  In practice, however, the
-  // Microsoft debuggers don't handle missing end columns well, so it's better
-  // not to include any column info.
+  // Microsoft debuggers don't handle missing end columns well, and the AIX
+  // debugger DBX also doesn't handle the columns well, so it's bettre not to
+  // include any column info.
   if (const Arg *A = Args.getLastArg(options::OPT_gcolumn_info))
     (void)checkDebugInfoOption(A, Args, D, TC);
   if (!Args.hasFlag(options::OPT_gcolumn_info, options::OPT_gno_column_info,
-                    !EmitCodeView && DebuggerTuning != llvm::DebuggerKind::SCE))
+                    !EmitCodeView &&
+                        (DebuggerTuning != llvm::DebuggerKind::SCE &&
+                         DebuggerTuning != llvm::DebuggerKind::DBX)))
     CmdArgs.push_back("-gno-column-info");
 
   // FIXME: Move backend command line options to the module.
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/debug-options.c b/clang/test/Driver/debug-options.c
--- a/clang/test/Driver/debug-options.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/debug-options.c
@@ -110,6 +110,16 @@
 // RUN: %clang -### -c -g %s -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff 2>&1 \
 // RUN:             | FileCheck -check-prefix=G_LIMITED -check-prefix=G_DBX %s
 
+// On the AIX, -g defaults to -gno-column-info.
+// RUN: %clang -### -c -g %s -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff 2>&1 \
+// RUN:             | FileCheck -check-prefix=NOCI %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -c -g %s -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff 2>&1 \
+// RUN:             | FileCheck -check-prefix=NOCI %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -c -g %s -target powerpc-ibm-aix-xcoff -gcolumn-info 2>&1 \
+// RUN:             | FileCheck -check-prefix=CI %s
+// RUN: %clang -### -c -g %s -target powerpc64-ibm-aix-xcoff -gcolumn-info \
+// RUN:             2>&1 | FileCheck -check-prefix=CI %s
+
 // RUN: %clang -### -c -gdwarf-2 %s 2>&1 \
 // RUN:             | FileCheck -check-prefix=G_ONLY_DWARF2 %s
 //