diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/moowork/gradle/node/util/PlatformHelper.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/moowork/gradle/node/util/PlatformHelper.groovy
index 981ae12..fc7bf5a 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/moowork/gradle/node/util/PlatformHelper.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/moowork/gradle/node/util/PlatformHelper.groovy
@@ -50,12 +50,22 @@ class PlatformHelper
             return "sunos"
         }
 
+        if ( name.contains( "aix" ) )
+        {
+            return "aix"
+        }
+
         throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Unsupported OS: " + name )
     }
 
     public String getOsArch()
     {
         final String arch = property( "os.arch" ).toLowerCase()
+        // Adding support for AIX on on ppc64
+        if ( arch.contains( "ppc64" ) )
+        {
+            return "ppc64"
+        }
         if ( arch.contains( "64" ) )
         {
             return "x64"
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/moowork/gradle/node/util/PlatformHelperTest.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/moowork/gradle/node/util/PlatformHelperTest.groovy
index 2bb37d3..a0f4350 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/moowork/gradle/node/util/PlatformHelperTest.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/moowork/gradle/node/util/PlatformHelperTest.groovy
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class PlatformHelperTest
         'Linux'     | 'x86_64' | 'linux'   | 'x64'  | false
         'SunOS'     | 'x86'    | 'sunos'   | 'x86'  | false
         'SunOS'     | 'x86_64' | 'sunos'   | 'x64'  | false
+        'AIX'       | 'ppc64'  | 'aix'     | 'ppc64'  | false    
     }
 
     def "throw exception if unsupported os"()