diff --git a/ansible/roles/baselayout/tasks/partials/postinstall/aix.yml b/ansible/roles/baselayout/tasks/partials/postinstall/aix.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69682688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/baselayout/tasks/partials/postinstall/aix.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#
+# AIX post-installation tasks
+#
+
+- name: "rust : create symlinks for Rust binaries"
+  file:
+    src: /opt/freeware/lib/RustSDK/1.88/bin/{{ item }}
+    dest: /opt/freeware/bin/{{ item }}
+    owner: root
+    group: system
+    state: link
+  loop:
+    - rustc
+    - rustfmt
+    - cargo
diff --git a/ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml b/ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml
index 1f1fe1470..74d7b32b0 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/baselayout/vars/main.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ common_packages: [
 # % ansible -m debug -a "var=os"  HOST
 packages: {
   aix: [
-    'bash,cmake,coreutils,curl,gcc-c++,tar,unzip,git,make,sudo,python3-setuptools,python3,xz',
+    'bash,cmake,coreutils,curl,gcc-c++,tar,unzip,git,make,sudo,python3-setuptools,python3,xz,rust1.88,cargo1.88,rustfmt1.88',
   ],
 
   # Appears to be some issue with the Ansible dnf task on AIX and gcc10-c++, so handle separately.