diff --git a/build-scripts/exotics.txt b/build-scripts/exotics.txt
index 9f51cd175..8071b0a51 100644
--- a/build-scripts/exotics.txt
+++ b/build-scripts/exotics.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ PACKAGES_x86_64_linux_suse_15
 
 PACKAGES_ia64_hpux_11.23
 PACKAGES_ppc64_aix_53
+PACKAGES_ppc64_aix_71
 PACKAGES_sparc64_solaris_10
 PACKAGES_sparc64_solaris_11
 PACKAGES_x86_64_solaris_10
diff --git a/build-scripts/functions b/build-scripts/functions
index 83b218691..e24c532f9 100644
--- a/build-scripts/functions
+++ b/build-scripts/functions
@@ -93,7 +93,9 @@ export_variables ()
     case $UNAME_S in
         AIX)
             # We need to use GCC6 on new AIX 7 VMs (AIX 5 doesn't have the folder).
-            PATH="/opt/freeware/gcc6/bin/:$PATH" ;;
+            PATH="/opt/freeware/gcc6/bin/:$PATH"
+            # We need to use /opt/freeware/bin first, for e.g. wget and newer perl 5.34 on aix 7.1
+            PATH="/opt/freeware/bin:$PATH" ;;
         SunOS)
             # Currently we rely strongly on OpenCSW packages.
             PATH="/opt/csw/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:$PATH"  ;;
diff --git a/build-scripts/labels.txt b/build-scripts/labels.txt
index 9310ad954..5e96f76ee 100644
--- a/build-scripts/labels.txt
+++ b/build-scripts/labels.txt
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ PACKAGES_i386_mingw
 PACKAGES_x86_64_mingw
 
 PACKAGES_ia64_hpux_11.23
+PACKAGES_ppc64_aix_71
 PACKAGES_sparc64_solaris_11