diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c2de10d51..6e5b73f76 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-08-27  Nick Clifton  <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+	* configure.in: Do not configure or build ld for AIX
+	platforms.  ld is known to be broken on these platforms.
+
 1999-08-09  Ian Lance Taylor  <ian@zembu.com>
 
 	* Makefile.in (LDFLAGS): Define.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6815d0725..a9221a667 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -744,8 +744,11 @@ case "${target}" in
     ;;
   powerpc-*-aix*)
     # copied from rs6000-*-* entry
-    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof cvssrc target-libgloss"
-    # This is needed until gcc and ld are fixed to work together.
+    # The configure and build of ld are currently disabled because
+    # GNU ld is known to be broken for AIX 4.2 and 4.3 (at least)
+    # The symptom is that GDBtk 4.18 fails at startup with a segfault
+    # if linked by GNU ld, but not if linked by the native ld.
+    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof cvssrc target-libgloss ld"
     use_gnu_ld=no
     ;;
   powerpc*-*-winnt* | powerpc*-*-pe* | ppc*-*-pe)
@@ -769,8 +772,11 @@ case "${target}" in
     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-newlib gprof cvssrc"
     ;;
   rs6000-*-aix*)
-    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof"
-    # This is needed until gcc and ld are fixed to work together.
+    # The configure and build of ld are currently disabled because
+    # GNU ld is known to be broken for AIX 4.2 and 4.3 (at least)
+    # The symptom is that GDBtk 4.18 fails at startup with a segfault
+    # if linked by GNU ld, but not if linked by the native ld.
+    noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs gprof ld"
     use_gnu_ld=no
     ;;
   rs6000-*-*)