diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
index c867af1f0..973c32ddc 100644
--- a/cspell.json
+++ b/cspell.json
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
     "CHEFINT",
     "Alnum",
     "succ",
-    "proto"
+    "proto",
+    "installp"
   ],
   // flagWords - list of words to be always considered incorrect
   // This is useful for offensive words and common spelling errors.
diff --git a/lib/chef_apply/action/install_chef.rb b/lib/chef_apply/action/install_chef.rb
index f0657a029..f9453b100 100644
--- a/lib/chef_apply/action/install_chef.rb
+++ b/lib/chef_apply/action/install_chef.rb
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ def train_to_mixlib(platform)
           opts[:platform] = "sles"
         when "solaris"
           opts[:platform] = "solaris2"
+        when "aix"
+          opts[:platform] = "aix"
         when "amazon"
           opts[:platform] = "el"
           if platform.release.to_i > 2010 # legacy Amazon version 1
diff --git a/lib/chef_apply/target_host.rb b/lib/chef_apply/target_host.rb
index b1f6de96e..8a9651f2a 100644
--- a/lib/chef_apply/target_host.rb
+++ b/lib/chef_apply/target_host.rb
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ class << self; include ChefApply::TargetHost::MacOS; end
       when :solaris
         require_relative "target_host/solaris"
         class << self; include ChefApply::TargetHost::Solaris; end
+      when :aix
+        require_relative "target_host/aix"
+        class << self; include ChefApply::TargetHost::Aix; end
       when :other
         raise ChefApply::TargetHost::UnsupportedTargetOS.new(platform.name)
       end
@@ -178,6 +181,8 @@ def base_os
         :macos
       elsif platform.solaris?
         :solaris
+      elsif platform.aix?
+        :aix
       else
         :other
       end
diff --git a/lib/chef_apply/target_host/aix.rb b/lib/chef_apply/target_host/aix.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85f15513f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/chef_apply/target_host/aix.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+module ChefApply
+  class TargetHost
+    module Aix
+
+      def omnibus_manifest_path
+        # Note that we can't use File::Join, because that will render for the
+        # CURRENT platform - not the platform of the target.
+        "/opt/chef/version-manifest.json"
+      end
+
+      def mkdir(path)
+        run_command!("mkdir -p #{path}")
+      end
+
+      def chown(path, owner)
+        # owner ||= user
+        # run_command!("chown #{owner} '#{path}'")
+        nil
+      end
+
+      def make_temp_dir
+        # We will cache this so that we only run this once
+        @tempdir ||= begin
+          res = run_command!("bash -c '#{MKTEMP_COMMAND}'")
+          res.stdout.chomp.strip
+        end
+      end
+
+      def install_package(target_package_path)
+        command = "installp -aXYgd #{target_package_path} all"
+        run_command!(command)
+      end
+
+      def del_file(path)
+        run_command!("rm -rf #{path}")
+      end
+
+      def del_dir(path)
+        del_file(path)
+      end
+
+      def ws_cache_path
+        "/var/chef-workstation"
+      end
+
+      # Nothing to escape in a unix-based path
+      def normalize_path(path)
+        path
+      end
+
+      MKTEMP_COMMAND = "d=$(mktemp -d -p${TMPDIR:-/tmp} chef_XXXXXX); echo $d".freeze
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/unit/target_host/aix_spec.rb b/spec/unit/target_host/aix_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4fc7ee079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/unit/target_host/aix_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+require "spec_helper"
+require "chef_apply/target_host"
+require "chef_apply/target_host/aix"
+
+RSpec.describe ChefApply::TargetHost::Aix do
+  let(:user) { "testuser" }
+  let(:host) { "mock://#{user}@example.com" }
+  let(:family) { "aix" }
+  let(:name) { "aix" }
+  let(:path) { "/tmp/blah" }
+
+  subject do
+    ChefApply::TargetHost.mock_instance(host, family: family, name: name)
+  end
+
+  context "#make_temp_dir" do
+    it "creates the directory using a properly formed make_temp_dir" do
+      expect(subject).to receive(:run_command!)
+        .with("bash -c '#{ChefApply::TargetHost::Aix::MKTEMP_COMMAND}'")
+        .and_return(instance_double("result", stdout: "/tmp/blah"))
+      expect(subject.make_temp_dir).to eq "/tmp/blah"
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "#mkdir" do
+    it "uses a properly formed mkdir to create the directory and changes ownership to connected user" do
+      expect(subject).to receive(:run_command!).with("mkdir -p /tmp/dir")
+      subject.mkdir("/tmp/dir")
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "#chown" do
+    # it "uses a properly formed chown to change owning user to the provided user" do
+    #   expect(subject).to receive(:run_command!).with("chown newowner '/tmp/dir'")
+    #   subject.chown("/tmp/dir", "newowner")
+    # end
+    xit "Doing nothing for this right now on aix"
+  end
+
+  context "#install_package" do
+    context "run the correct pkg run command " do
+      let(:expected_command) { "installp -aXYgd chef-17.9.26-1.powerpc.bff all" }
+      it "should run the correct install command" do
+        expect(subject).to receive(:run_command!).with expected_command
+        subject.install_package("chef-17.9.26-1.powerpc.bff")
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end