diff --git a/gcc/configure b/gcc/configure
index 10ff5ae..f153294 100755
--- a/gcc/configure
+++ b/gcc/configure
@@ -23650,6 +23650,12 @@ elif test x$gcc_cv_ld != x; then
       gcc_cv_ld_static_dynamic=yes
   else
     case "$target" in
+      # AIX ld uses -b flags
+      *-*-aix4.[23]*|*-*-aix[5-9]*)
+	gcc_cv_ld_static_dynamic=yes
+	gcc_cv_ld_static_option="-bstatic"
+	gcc_cv_ld_dynamic_option="-bdynamic"
+	;;
       # HP-UX ld uses -a flags to select between shared and archive.
       *-*-hpux*)
 	if test x"$gnu_ld" = xno; then
diff --git a/gcc/configure.ac b/gcc/configure.ac
index 3703a20..d33fcb2 100644
--- a/gcc/configure.ac
+++ b/gcc/configure.ac
@@ -3317,6 +3317,12 @@ elif test x$gcc_cv_ld != x; then
       gcc_cv_ld_static_dynamic=yes
   else
     case "$target" in
+      # AIX ld uses -b flags
+      *-*-aix4.[[23]]*|*-*-aix[[5-9]]*)
+	gcc_cv_ld_static_dynamic=yes
+	gcc_cv_ld_static_option="-bstatic"
+	gcc_cv_ld_dynamic_option="-bdynamic"
+	;;
       # HP-UX ld uses -a flags to select between shared and archive.
       *-*-hpux*)
 	if test x"$gnu_ld" = xno; then