diff --git a/utils/libcxx/util.py b/utils/libcxx/util.py
index 46c09bf66..2fd95232a 100644
--- a/utils/libcxx/util.py
+++ b/utils/libcxx/util.py
@@ -253,24 +253,27 @@ def killProcessAndChildren(pid):
     TODO: Reimplement this without using psutil so we can
           remove our dependency on it.
     """
-    import psutil
-    try:
-        psutilProc = psutil.Process(pid)
-        # Handle the different psutil API versions
+    if platform.system() == 'AIX':
+        subprocess.call('kill -kill $(ps -o pid= -L{})'.format(pid), shell=True)
+    else:
+        import psutil
         try:
-            # psutil >= 2.x
-            children_iterator = psutilProc.children(recursive=True)
-        except AttributeError:
-            # psutil 1.x
-            children_iterator = psutilProc.get_children(recursive=True)
-        for child in children_iterator:
+            psutilProc = psutil.Process(pid)
+            # Handle the different psutil API versions
             try:
-                child.kill()
-            except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
-                pass
-        psutilProc.kill()
-    except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
-        pass
+                # psutil >= 2.x
+                children_iterator = psutilProc.children(recursive=True)
+            except AttributeError:
+                # psutil 1.x
+                children_iterator = psutilProc.get_children(recursive=True)
+            for child in children_iterator:
+                try:
+                    child.kill()
+                except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
+                    pass
+            psutilProc.kill()
+        except psutil.NoSuchProcess:
+            pass
 
 
 def executeCommandVerbose(cmd, *args, **kwargs):