diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/atomic-ops.h b/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/atomic-ops.h
index 7cac1f9889..be741dcb70 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/atomic-ops.h
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibuv/src/unix/atomic-ops.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ UV_UNUSED(static int cmpxchgi(int* ptr, int oldval, int newval)) {
                         : "r" (newval), "0" (oldval)
                         : "memory");
   return out;
-#elif defined(_AIX) && defined(__xlC__)
+#elif defined(_AIX) && (defined(__xlC__) || defined(__ibmxl__))
   const int out = (*(volatile int*) ptr);
   __compare_and_swap(ptr, &oldval, newval);
   return out;
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ UV_UNUSED(static long cmpxchgl(long* ptr, long oldval, long newval)) {
                         : "r" (newval), "0" (oldval)
                         : "memory");
   return out;
-#elif defined(_AIX) && defined(__xlC__)
+#elif defined(_AIX) && (defined(__xlC__) || defined(__ibmxl__))
   const long out = (*(volatile int*) ptr);
 # if defined(__64BIT__)
   __compare_and_swaplp(ptr, &oldval, newval);