diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/build.xml b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/build.xml
index 80dbf3fba2d..da4a3549daf 100644
--- a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/build.xml
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/build.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,19 @@
===executable: ${compiler.javac}
===debug: on
===destdir: ${DEST}
-
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/loadLibraryTestAIX.xml b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/loadLibraryTestAIX.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f09109c964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/loadLibraryTestAIX.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ $JAVA_COMMAND$ $ADDEXPORTS$ -cp $TESTSJARPATH$ org.openj9.test.loadLibrary.TestLoadLibraryAIX
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/playlist.xml b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/playlist.xml
index 895b4a95d4d..807d01ab699 100644
--- a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/playlist.xml
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/playlist.xml
@@ -43,4 +43,52 @@
ibm
+
+ cmdLineTester_loadLibraryTestsAIX_JDK8
+ $(JAVA_COMMAND) $(CMDLINETESTER_JVM_OPTIONS) -DJAVA_COMMAND=$(JAVA_COMMAND) \
+ -DTESTSJARPATH=$(Q)$(TEST_RESROOT)$(D)loadLibraryTest.jar$(Q) \
+ -DADDEXPORTS= \
+ -DRESJAR=$(CMDLINETESTER_RESJAR) -jar $(CMDLINETESTER_JAR) \
+ -config $(Q)$(TEST_RESROOT)$(D)loadLibraryTestAIX.xml$(Q) \
+ -nonZeroExitWhenError; \
+ $(TEST_STATUS)
+ os.aix
+
+ sanity
+
+
+ functional
+
+
+ 8
+
+
+ openj9
+ ibm
+
+
+
+ cmdLineTester_loadLibraryTestsAIX
+ $(JAVA_COMMAND) $(CMDLINETESTER_JVM_OPTIONS) -DJAVA_COMMAND=$(JAVA_COMMAND) \
+ -DTESTSJARPATH=$(Q)$(TEST_RESROOT)$(D)loadLibraryTest.jar$(Q) \
+ -DADDEXPORTS=$(Q)--add-exports java.desktop/sun.font=ALL-UNNAMED$(Q) \
+ -DRESJAR=$(CMDLINETESTER_RESJAR) -jar $(CMDLINETESTER_JAR) \
+ -config $(Q)$(TEST_RESROOT)$(D)loadLibraryTestAIX.xml$(Q) \
+ -nonZeroExitWhenError; \
+ $(TEST_STATUS)
+ os.aix
+
+ sanity
+
+
+ functional
+
+
+ 11+
+
+
+ openj9
+ ibm
+
+
diff --git a/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/src/org/openj9/test/loadLibrary/TestLoadLibraryAIX.java b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/src/org/openj9/test/loadLibrary/TestLoadLibraryAIX.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d58ef48c1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/cmdLineTests/loadLibraryTest/src/org/openj9/test/loadLibrary/TestLoadLibraryAIX.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright IBM Corp. and others 2023
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
+ * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
+ * distribution and is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+ * or the Apache License, Version 2.0 which accompanies this distribution and
+ * is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following
+ * Secondary Licenses when the conditions for such availability set
+ * forth in the Eclipse Public License, v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU
+ * General Public License, version 2 with the GNU Classpath
+ * Exception [1] and GNU General Public License, version 2 with the
+ * OpenJDK Assembly Exception [2].
+ *
+ * [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html
+ * [2] https://openjdk.org/legal/assembly-exception.html
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH OpenJDK-assembly-exception-1.0
+ *******************************************************************************/
+package org.openj9.test.loadLibrary;
+
+public class TestLoadLibraryAIX
+{
+ static {
+ // AIX UnsatisfiedLinkError: Failed to load library libfontmanager.so
+ // https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/issues/17759
+ sun.font.FontManagerNativeLibrary.load();
+ }
+
+ public static void main(String[] args) {
+ System.out.println("TestLoadLibraryAIX passed");
+ }
+}