diff -u python-2.7.11.0/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py python-2.7.11.3/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py
--- python-2.7.11.0/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py	2015-12-05 19:46:56 +0000
+++ python-2.7.11.3/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py	2016-05-04 11:29:58 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ######################################################################
 """create and manipulate C data types in Python"""
 
-import os as _os, sys as _sys
+import os as _os, sys as _sys, subprocess as _subprocess
 
 __version__ = "1.1.0"
 
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 from _ctypes import CFuncPtr as _CFuncPtr
 from _ctypes import __version__ as _ctypes_version
 from _ctypes import RTLD_LOCAL, RTLD_GLOBAL
+# from _ctypes import RTLD_LOCAL, RTLD_GLOBAL, RTLD_NOW, RTLD_MEMBER
+# RTLD_NOW and RTLD_MEMBER are not in _ctypes (yet)
+# RTLD_MEMBER is not in _ctypes (yet), or whereever it needs to be defined
+RTLD_NOW    = 0x00000002
+RTLD_MEMBER = 0x00040000
 from _ctypes import ArgumentError
 
 from struct import calcsize as _calcsize
@@ -355,6 +360,20 @@
             flags |= _FUNCFLAG_USE_ERRNO
         if use_last_error:
             flags |= _FUNCFLAG_USE_LASTERROR
+        if _sys.platform.startswith("aix"):
+            if name is None:
+                return
+            _name = name
+            # mode |= RTLD_NOW - maybe it could have been added to RTLD_DEFAULT above
+            # make sure, as this is what AIX expects
+            mode |= RTLD_NOW
+            # If name already ends with the char ')' then it is already processed
+            if _name[-1] != ')':
+                import ctypes.aixutil as aix
+                _name = aix.find_library(_name)
+                self._name = _name
+            if _name and _name[-1] == ")":
+                mode |= RTLD_MEMBER
 
         class _FuncPtr(_CFuncPtr):
             _flags_ = flags
diff -u python-2.7.11.0/Lib/ctypes/util.py python-2.7.11.3/Lib/ctypes/util.py
--- python-2.7.11.0/Lib/ctypes/util.py	2015-12-05 19:46:56 +0000
+++ python-2.7.11.3/Lib/ctypes/util.py	2016-05-04 11:25:44 +0000
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@
                 continue
         return None
 
+if sys.platform.startswith('aix'):
+    # find .so members in .a files
+    # using dump loader header information + sys.
+    import ctypes.aixutil as aix
+
+    def find_library(name):
+        return aix.find_library(name)
+
 elif os.name == "posix":
     # Andreas Degert's find functions, using gcc, /sbin/ldconfig, objdump
     import re, tempfile, errno
@@ -271,6 +279,44 @@
             print cdll.LoadLibrary("libm.so")
             print cdll.LoadLibrary("libcrypt.so")
             print find_library("crypt")
+            print find_library("crypto")
+            print find_library("crypto.so")
+            print find_library("iconv")
+
+        if sys.platform.startswith("aix"):
+            print "\nAdditional Tests for AIX"
+            print "call find_library(\"foo\")"
+            print "libintl.so.1:", find_library("libintl.so.1") # from /opt/freeware
+            print "libintl.so.8:", find_library("libintl.so.8") # from GNU
+            print "intl:", find_library("intl")         # either .1 or .8 - latest installed
+            print "libintl.so.1: ", find_library("libintl.so.1")
+            print "libintl.so.8: ", find_library("libintl.so.8")
+            print "libintl.so: ", find_library("libintl.so")
+
+            print "libcrypto.so: ", find_library("libcrypto.so")
+            print "c: ", find_library("c")
+            print "c.a: ", find_library("c.a")
+            print "c.so: ", find_library("c.so")
+            print "libc: ", find_library("libc")
+            print "libc.a: ", find_library("libc.a")
+            print "libc.so: ", find_library("libc.so")
+            print "libc.so.6: ", find_library("libc.so.6")
+###
+            print "\ncall cdll.LoadLibrary(\"foo\")"
+            print "m:            ",cdll.LoadLibrary("m")
+            print "libm.so:      ",cdll.LoadLibrary("libm.so")
+            print "c:            ",cdll.LoadLibrary("c")
+            print "c.a:          ",cdll.LoadLibrary("c.a")
+            print "libc.a:       ",cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.a")
+            print "libc.so:      ",cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so")
+            print "libc.so.6:    ",cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
+            print "libintl.so.1: ",cdll.LoadLibrary("libintl.so.1") # from /opt/freeware
+            print "libintl.so.8: ",cdll.LoadLibrary("libintl.so.8") # from GNU
+            print "intl:         ",cdll.LoadLibrary("intl")         # either .1 or .8 - latest installed
+            print "crypt:        ",cdll.LoadLibrary("crypt")
+            print "crypto:       ",cdll.LoadLibrary("crypto")
+            print "crypto.so:    ",cdll.LoadLibrary("crypto.so")
+            print "libcrypto.so: ",cdll.LoadLibrary("libcrypto.so")
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     test()