--- ./Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py_orig	2013-05-12 05:32:42.000000000 +0200
+++ ./Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2013-05-23 10:51:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -189,8 +189,11 @@
                         i = 1
                         while '=' in linker[i]:
                             i = i + 1
+                    # see http://bugs.python.org/issue17454
+                    if 'ld_so_aix' in linker[i]:
+                        i = i + 1
 
-                    linker[i] = self.compiler_cxx[i]
+                    linker[i] = self.compiler_cxx[0]
 
                 if sys.platform == 'darwin':
                     linker = _osx_support.compiler_fixup(linker, ld_args)