diff --git a/misc/cgo/test/sigaltstack.go b/misc/cgo/test/sigaltstack.go
index 2c9b81ced7..7b3f4acbb7 100644
--- a/misc/cgo/test/sigaltstack.go
+++ b/misc/cgo/test/sigaltstack.go
@@ -14,15 +14,22 @@ package cgotest
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#ifdef _AIX
+// On AIX, SIGSTKSZ is too small to handle Go sighandler.
+#define CSIGSTKSZ 0x4000
+#else
+#define CSIGSTKSZ SIGSTKSZ
+#endif
+
 static stack_t oss;
-static char signalStack[SIGSTKSZ];
+static char signalStack[CSIGSTKSZ];
 
 static void changeSignalStack(void) {
 	stack_t ss;
 	memset(&ss, 0, sizeof ss);
 	ss.ss_sp = signalStack;
 	ss.ss_flags = 0;
-	ss.ss_size = SIGSTKSZ;
+	ss.ss_size = CSIGSTKSZ;
 	if (sigaltstack(&ss, &oss) < 0) {
 		perror("sigaltstack");
 		abort();