--- a/make/autoconf/basics.m4	Thu Aug 31 08:45:18 2017 +0200
+++ b/make/autoconf/basics.m4	Fri Oct 20 13:10:35 2017 +0200
@@ -1160,7 +1160,15 @@
       $2
     fi
   else
-    if $DF -l $1 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    # JDK-8189619
+    # df on AIX does not understand -l. On modern AIXes it understands "-T local" which
+    # is the same. On older AIXes we just continue to live with a "not local build" warning.
+    if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_OS" = xaix; then
+      DF_LOCAL_ONLY_OPTION='-T local'
+    else
+      DF_LOCAL_ONLY_OPTION='-l'
+    fi
+    if $DF $DF_LOCAL_ONLY_OPTION $1 > /dev/null 2>&1; then
       $2
     else
       $3