diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71434bcb3e7..c3647ed88bf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -819,6 +819,13 @@ if(APPLE AND DARWIN_LTO_LIBRARY)
     "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-lto_library -Wl,${DARWIN_LTO_LIBRARY}")
 endif()
 
+# Build with _XOPEN_SOURCE on AIX, as stray macros in _ALL_SOURCE mode tend to
+# break things. In this case we need to enable the large-file API as well.
+if (UNIX AND ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "AIX")
+          add_definitions("-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700")
+          add_definitions("-D_LARGE_FILE_API")
+endif()
+
 # Work around a broken bfd ld behavior. When linking a binary with a
 # foo.so library, it will try to find any library that foo.so uses and
 # check its symbols. This is wasteful (the check was done when foo.so
diff --git a/cmake/config-ix.cmake b/cmake/config-ix.cmake
index e1e5cd3198b..0218d42eb89 100644
--- a/cmake/config-ix.cmake
+++ b/cmake/config-ix.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ if( CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "FreeBSD-9.2-RELEASE" AND
   list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES "cxxrt")
 endif()
 
+# Do checks with _XOPEN_SOURCE and large-file API on AIX, because we will build
+# with those too.
+if (UNIX AND ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "AIX")
+          list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700")
+          list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS "-D_LARGE_FILE_API")
+endif()
+
 # include checks
 check_include_file(dlfcn.h HAVE_DLFCN_H)
 check_include_file(errno.h HAVE_ERRNO_H)
diff --git a/utils/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index 5b5cbf5d745..0850d49e3a3 100644
--- a/utils/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ if(WIN32)
   add_definitions(-DGTEST_OS_WINDOWS=1)
 endif()
 
+# Google Test requires headers which need _ALL_SOURCE to build on AIX
+if (UNIX AND ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "AIX")
+  remove_definitions("-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700")
+  add_definitions("-D_ALL_SOURCE")
+endif()
+
 if(SUPPORTS_VARIADIC_MACROS_FLAG)
   add_definitions("-Wno-variadic-macros")
 endif()