diff --git a/configs/components/curl.rb b/configs/components/curl.rb
index 2faf0cdb5..f00d59ec0 100644
--- a/configs/components/curl.rb
+++ b/configs/components/curl.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@
     configure_options << "--disable-dependency-tracking"
   end
 
+  if platform.name == 'aix-7.2-ppc'
+    # yum on aix installs an old version of libcurl.a that /opt/freeware/bin/gcc seems
+    # to use no matter what -L search path I use, so use the same workaround as bbf248fb6
+    pkg.configure do
+      [
+        'mkdir -p /opt/freeware/lib/hide',
+        'mv /opt/freeware/lib/libcurl.a /opt/freeware/lib/hide/libcurl.a'
+      ]
+    end
+  end
+
   pkg.configure do
     ["CPPFLAGS='#{settings[:cppflags]}' \
       LDFLAGS='#{settings[:ldflags]}' \
@@ -59,6 +70,12 @@
     ["#{platform[:make]} -j$(shell expr $(shell #{platform[:num_cores]}) + 1)"]
   end
 
+  if platform.name == 'aix-7.2-ppc'
+    pkg.build do
+      ['mv /opt/freeware/lib/hide/libcurl.a /opt/freeware/lib/libcurl.a']
+    end
+  end
+
   install_steps = [
     "#{platform[:make]} -j$(shell expr $(shell #{platform[:num_cores]}) + 1) install",
   ]
diff --git a/configs/projects/_shared-agent-components.rb b/configs/projects/_shared-agent-components.rb
index 4d0b059b5..2a03db874 100644
--- a/configs/projects/_shared-agent-components.rb
+++ b/configs/projects/_shared-agent-components.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   proj.component "openssl-#{proj.openssl_version}"
 end
 
-proj.component 'curl' if platform.name != 'aix-7.2-ppc' # PA-5618
+proj.component 'curl'
 proj.component 'puppet-ca-bundle'
 proj.component "ruby-#{proj.ruby_version}"
 proj.component "readline" if platform.is_macos?