--- Python-3.5.1-orig/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2015-12-07 02:39:07 +0100
+++ Python-3.5.1-aix/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2016-06-22 14:21:20 +0200
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@
                         while '=' in linker[i]:
                             i += 1
                     linker[i] = self.compiler_cxx[i]
+                    if sys.platform.startswith('aix'):
+                        # see http://bugs.python.org/issue17454
+                        if 'ld_so_aix' in linker[i]:
+                            i = i + 1
+                        linker[i] = self.compiler_cxx[0]
 
                 if sys.platform == 'darwin':
                     linker = _osx_support.compiler_fixup(linker, ld_args)