diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper/processes_scraper_fallback.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper/processes_scraper_fallback.go
index 6ab00eb33d..ac08543ae9 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper/processes_scraper_fallback.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper/processes_scraper_fallback.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-//go:build !linux && !darwin && !freebsd && !openbsd
+//go:build !linux && !darwin && !freebsd && !openbsd && !aix
 
 package processesscraper // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper"
 
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper/processes_scraper_unix.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper/processes_scraper_unix.go
index 493b9a010c..9d40250ef2 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper/processes_scraper_unix.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper/processes_scraper_unix.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-//go:build linux || darwin || freebsd || openbsd
+//go:build linux || darwin || freebsd || openbsd || aix
 
 package processesscraper // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processesscraper"
 
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_linux.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper
/processscraper/process_scraper_linux.go
index 52a4e07d5b..1c705a7eb3 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_linux.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_linux.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-//go:build linux
+//go:build linux || aix
 
 package processscraper // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper"
 
diff --git a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_others.go b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scrape
r/processscraper/process_scraper_others.go
index 521857d7ec..3a7c19bee7 100644
--- a/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_others.go
+++ b/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper/process_scraper_others.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-//go:build !linux && !windows && !darwin && !freebsd
+//go:build !linux && !windows && !darwin && !freebsd && !aix
 
 package processscraper // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/hostmetricsreceiver/internal/scraper/processscraper"