diff --git a/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4 b/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
index b0bdbb7412a..d0c6d0351e7 100644
--- a/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
+++ b/make/autoconf/flags-ldflags.m4
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #
 
 # ===========================================================================
-# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2019, 2019 All Rights Reserved
+# (c) Copyright IBM Corp. 2019, 2024 All Rights Reserved
 # ===========================================================================
 
 AC_DEFUN([FLAGS_SETUP_LDFLAGS],
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([FLAGS_SETUP_LDFLAGS_HELPER],
         -fPIC"
 
   elif test "x$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = xxlc; then
-    BASIC_LDFLAGS="-b64 -brtl -bnolibpath -bexpall -bernotok -btextpsize:64K \
+    BASIC_LDFLAGS="-b64 -brtl -bnolibpath -bexpall -bernotok -brwexec_must -btextpsize:64K \
         -bdatapsize:64K -bstackpsize:64K"
     # libjvm.so has gotten too large for normal TOC size; compile with qpic=large and link with bigtoc
     BASIC_LDFLAGS_JVM_ONLY="-Wl,-lC_r -bbigtoc"