diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 44f14c3..a2c7ddf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10028,7 +10028,21 @@
 
 fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext;;
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+# BUILD_GNU_TYPE + AIX_BUILDDATE are used to construct the platform_tag
+# of the AIX system used to build/package Python executable. This tag serves
+# as a baseline for bdist module packages
+               { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for the system builddate" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for the system builddate... " >&6; }
+               AIX_BUILDDATE=$(lslpp -Lcq bos.mp64 | awk -F:  '{ print $NF }')
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define AIX_BUILDDATE $AIX_BUILDDATE
+_ACEOF
+
+               { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $AIX_BUILDDATE" >&5
+$as_echo "$AIX_BUILDDATE" >&6; }
+               ;;
 	*) ;;
 esac
 
@@ -10267,7 +10281,6 @@
 
 
 
-
 if test "x$ac_cv_env_PKG_CONFIG_set" != "xset"; then
 	if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
   # Extract the first word of "${ac_tool_prefix}pkg-config", so it can be a program name with args.