diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 7ac93c0b..4d946ebc 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
   }
 
   # Module compatibility check
-  $compatible = [ 'Debian', 'RedHat', 'Suse', 'Gentoo' ]
+  $compatible = [ 'Debian', 'RedHat', 'Suse', 'Gentoo', 'AIX' ]
   if ! ($facts['os']['family'] in $compatible) {
     fail("Module is not compatible with ${::operatingsystem}")
   }
diff --git a/manifests/install.pp b/manifests/install.pp
index e7b52347..88109484 100644
--- a/manifests/install.pp
+++ b/manifests/install.pp
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@
 #
 class python::install {
 
-  $python = $::python::version ? {
+  $python_version = getparam(Class['python'], 'version')
+  $python = $python_version ? {
     'system' => 'python',
     'pypy'   => 'pypy',
-    default  => "${python::version}", # lint:ignore:only_variable_string
+    default  => "${python_version}", # lint:ignore:only_variable_string
   }
 
-  $pythondev = $::osfamily ? {
+  $pythondev = $facts['os']['family'] ? {
+    'AIX'    => "${python}-devel",
     'RedHat' => "${python}-devel",
     'Debian' => "${python}-dev",
     'Suse'   => "${python}-devel",
@@ -177,17 +179,42 @@
       }
     }
     default: {
+      case $facts['os']['family'] {
+        'AIX': {
+          if "${python_version}" =~ /^python3/ { #lint:ignore:only_variable_string
+            class { 'python::pip::bootstap':
+                    version => 'pip3',
+            }
+          } else {
+            package { 'python-pip':
+              ensure   => $pip_ensure,
+              require  => Package['python'],
+              provider => 'yum',
+            }
+          }
+          if $pythondev {
+            package { 'python-dev':
+              ensure   => $dev_ensure,
+              name     => $pythondev,
+              alias    => $pythondev,
+              provider => 'yum',
+            }
+          }
 
-      package { 'pip':
-        ensure  => $pip_ensure,
-        require => Package['python'],
-      }
+        }
+        default: {
+          package { 'pip':
+            ensure  => $pip_ensure,
+            require => Package['python'],
+          }
+          if $pythondev {
+            package { 'python-dev':
+              ensure => $dev_ensure,
+              name   => $pythondev,
+              alias  => $pythondev,
+            }
+          }
 
-      if $pythondev {
-        package { 'python-dev':
-          ensure => $dev_ensure,
-          name   => $pythondev,
-          alias  => $pythondev,
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index b0e095e5..e028dc21 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # @api private
 # @summary The python Module default configuration settings.
 #
+# The python Module default configuration settings.
+#
 class python::params {
   $ensure                 = 'present'
   $version                = 'system'
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@
     'RedHat' => ['3','27','33'],
     'Debian' => ['3', '3.3', '2.7'],
     'Suse'   => [],
+    'AIX'   => ['python3'],
     'Gentoo' => ['2.7', '3.3', '3.4', '3.5']
   }
 
@@ -27,12 +30,17 @@
     $use_epel             = false
   }
 
+  $group = $facts['os']['family'] ? {
+    'AIX' => 'system',
+    default => 'root'
+  }
+
   $pip_lookup_path = $facts['os']['family'] ? {
     'AIX' => [ '/bin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/local/bin', '/opt/freeware/bin/' ],
     default => [ '/bin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/local/bin' ]
   }
 
-  $gunicorn_package_name = $::osfamily ? {
+  $gunicorn_package_name = $facts['os']['family'] ? {
     'RedHat' => 'python-gunicorn',
     default  => 'gunicorn',
   }
diff --git a/manifests/pip.pp b/manifests/pip.pp
index 1ac36773..e2ab11c6 100644
--- a/manifests/pip.pp
+++ b/manifests/pip.pp
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-#
 # @summary Installs and manages packages from pip.
 #
 # @param name must be unique
@@ -56,7 +54,7 @@
   Enum['pip', 'pip3'] $pip_provider                          = 'pip',
   Variant[Boolean, String] $url                              = false,
   String[1] $owner                                           = 'root',
-  String[1] $group                                           = 'root',
+  $group                                                     = getvar('python::params::group'),
   $umask                                                     = undef,
   $index                                                     = false,
   Variant[Boolean, String] $proxy                            = false,
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@
   Numeric $timeout                                           = 1800,
   String[1] $log_dir                                         = '/tmp',
   Array[String] $path                                        = ['/usr/local/bin','/usr/bin','/bin', '/usr/sbin'],
-) {
+){
   $python_provider = getparam(Class['python'], 'provider')
   $python_version  = getparam(Class['python'], 'version')
 
diff --git a/metadata.json b/metadata.json
index 3f3f2eaf..dbf0c3a4 100644
--- a/metadata.json
+++ b/metadata.json
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
     "gunicorn"
   ],
   "operatingsystem_support": [
+    {
+      "operatingsystem": "AIX",
+      "operatingsystemrelease": [
+        "6100-09-11-1810",
+        "7100-05-03-1837"
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "operatingsystem": "CentOS",
       "operatingsystemrelease": [