diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig.py b/Lib/sysconfig.py
index b9e2faf..64cf156 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py
@@ -665,7 +665,8 @@
             machine += ".%s" % bitness[sys.maxsize]
         # fall through to standard osname-release-machine representation
     elif osname[:3] == "aix":
-        return "%s-%s.%s" % (osname, version, release)
+        from _aix_support import aix_platform
+        return aix_platform()
     elif osname[:6] == "cygwin":
         osname = "cygwin"
         import re