diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 6f29ec5681eac9..27ebff44569b7b 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@
               '-Wl,-brtl',
             ],
           }, {                                             # else it's `AIX`
+            'variables': {
+              'gcc_major': '<!(<(python) -c "import os; import subprocess; CXX=os.environ.get(\'CXX\', \'g++\'); subprocess.run([CXX, \'-dumpversion\'])")'
+            },
             # Disable the following compiler warning:
             #
             #   warning: visibility attribute not supported in this
@@ -589,7 +592,7 @@
             # out more relevant warnings.
             'cflags': [ '-Wno-attributes' ],
             'ldflags': [
-              '-Wl,-blibpath:/usr/lib:/lib:/opt/freeware/lib/pthread/ppc64',
+              '-Wl,-blibpath:/usr/lib:/lib:/opt/freeware/lib/gcc/powerpc-ibm-aix7.3.0.0/>(gcc_major)/pthread/ppc64:/opt/freeware/lib/gcc/powerpc-ibm-aix7.2.0.0/>(gcc_major)/pthread/ppc64:/opt/freeware/lib/pthread/ppc64',
             ],
           }],
         ],