diff --git a/src/libmongoc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libmongoc/CMakeLists.txt
index 31243c6e97..36f9480fb6 100644
--- a/src/libmongoc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libmongoc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -918,7 +918,8 @@ if (ENABLE_SHARED)
       target_include_directories (mongoc_shared PRIVATE "${mongo-c-driver_SOURCE_DIR}/src/kms-message/src")
       if (APPLE)
          set_target_properties (mongoc_shared PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-unexported_symbols_list,\"${mongo-c-driver_SOURCE_DIR}/build/cmake/libmongoc-hidden-symbols.txt\"")
-      elseif (UNIX)
+      # AIX linker doesn't support --version-script
+      elseif (UNIX AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "AIX")
          set_target_properties (mongoc_shared PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script=\"${mongo-c-driver_SOURCE_DIR}/build/cmake/libmongoc-hidden-symbols.map\"")
       endif ()