diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5a3edb7cf..2f26c53fd 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15452,6 +15452,18 @@ fi
 		    ac_cv_func_strnlen=no
 		fi
 
+		# getline() may or may ont be present on AIX <= 6.1.
+		# bos610 is missing getline/getdelim but bos61J has it.
+		if test $OSMAJOR -le 6; then
+		    ac_cv_func_getline=no
+		fi
+
+		# memset_s() may or may ont be present on AIX <= 7.1.
+		# bos710 is missing memset_s but bos71L has it.
+		if test $OSMAJOR -le 7; then
+		    ac_cv_func_memset_s=no
+		fi
+
 		# Remove timedir on boot, AIX does not have /var/run
 		INIT_SCRIPT=aix.sh
 		INIT_DIR=/etc/rc.d/init.d
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 77e1ecd57..91eeb5d11 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1818,6 +1818,18 @@ case "$host" in
 		    ac_cv_func_strnlen=no
 		fi
 
+		# getline() may or may ont be present on AIX <= 6.1.
+		# bos610 is missing getline/getdelim but bos61J has it.
+		if test $OSMAJOR -le 6; then
+		    ac_cv_func_getline=no
+		fi
+
+		# memset_s() may or may ont be present on AIX <= 7.1.
+		# bos710 is missing memset_s but bos71L has it.
+		if test $OSMAJOR -le 7; then
+		    ac_cv_func_memset_s=no
+		fi
+
 		# Remove timedir on boot, AIX does not have /var/run
 		INIT_SCRIPT=aix.sh
 		INIT_DIR=/etc/rc.d/init.d