diff --git a/include/osdetection b/include/osdetection
index 5ab80293..a6c18bb5 100644
--- a/include/osdetection
+++ b/include/osdetection
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@
     ECHONB=""
 
     case ${OS} in
-        "AIX")                           ECHOCMD="echo" ;;
+        "AIX")                           ECHOCMD="echo"; ECHONB="printf" ;;
         "DragonFly"|"FreeBSD"|"NetBSD")  ECHOCMD="echo -e"; ECHONB="echo -n" ;;
         "macOS" | "Mac OS X")                         ECHOCMD="echo"; ECHONB="/bin/echo -n" ;;
         "Solaris")                       ECHOCMD="echo" ; test -f /usr/ucb/echo && ECHONB="/usr/ucb/echo -n" ;;