--- ./src/Makefile.shlib_orig	2025-10-21 21:36:25.360851934 -0500
+++ ./src/Makefile.shlib	2025-10-21 21:45:41.855739378 -0500
@@ -106,6 +106,20 @@
 override CPPFLAGS += -DSO_MAJOR_VERSION=$(SO_MAJOR_VERSION)
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
+  LINK.shared          = $(COMPILER)
+  ifdef SO_MAJOR_VERSION
+    shlib              = lib$(NAME)$(DLSUFFIX).$(SO_MAJOR_VERSION)
+  endif
+  haslibarule   = yes
+  # $(exports_file) is also usable as an import file
+  exports_file         = lib$(NAME).exp
+  BUILD.exports                = ( echo '\#! $(shlib)'; $(AWK) '/^[^\#]/ {printf "%s\n",$$1}' $< ) > $@
+  ifneq (,$(SHLIB_EXPORTS))
+    LINK.shared                += -Wl,-bE:$(exports_file)
+  endif
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), darwin)
   ifdef soname
     # linkable library
@@ -254,6 +268,15 @@
 	touch $@
 endif #haslibarule
 
+# AIX wraps both shared libraries and static library, which can be used both
+# for static and shared linking
+ifeq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
+$(stlib): $(shlib)
+	rm -f $(stlib)
+	$(AR) $(AROPT) $(stlib) $(shlib)
+endif # aix
+
+
 ifeq (,$(filter cygwin win32,$(PORTNAME)))
 
 # Normal case
@@ -267,8 +290,11 @@
 endif
 # Make sure we have a link to a name without any version numbers
 ifneq ($(shlib), $(shlib_bare))
+# except on AIX, where that's not a thing
+ifneq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
 	rm -f $(shlib_bare)
 	$(LN_S) $(shlib) $(shlib_bare)
+endif # aix
 endif # shlib_bare
 endif # shlib_major
 
@@ -376,6 +402,9 @@
 
 install-lib-shared: $(shlib) installdirs-lib
 ifdef soname
+# we don't install $(shlib) on AIX
+# (see http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/52EF20B2E3209443BC37736D00C3C1380A6E79FE@EXADV1.host.magwien.gv.at)
+ifneq ($(PORTNAME), aix)
 	$(INSTALL_SHLIB) $< '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(shlib)'
 ifneq ($(PORTNAME), cygwin)
 ifneq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
@@ -391,6 +420,7 @@
 endif
 endif # not win32
 endif # not cygwin
+endif # not aix
 ifneq (,$(findstring $(PORTNAME),win32 cygwin))
 	$(INSTALL_SHLIB) $< '$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(shlib)'
 endif
