diff --git a/src/template/aix_42 b/src/template/aix_42
index 783e8f4f688..49f3a690413 100644
--- a/src/template/aix_42
+++ b/src/template/aix_42
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 AROPT:crs
 CFLAGS:-qchars=signed -qmaxmem=8192 -qhalt=w -qsrcmsg -qcheck=divzero -qlonglong
-SHARED_LIB:
+SHARED_LIB:-lc
 ALL:
 SRCH_INC:
 SRCH_LIB: