diff --git a/library/group b/library/group
index 8f3dec41fa..f297cbaea5 100644
--- a/library/group
+++ b/library/group
@@ -164,6 +164,48 @@ class SunOS(Group):
 
 # ===========================================
 
+class AIX(Group):
+    """
+    This is a AIX Group manipulation class.
+
+    This overrides the following methods from the generic class:-
+      - group_del()
+      - group_add()
+      - group_mod()
+    """
+
+    platform = 'AIX'
+    distribution = None
+    GROUPFILE = '/etc/group'
+
+    def group_del(self):
+        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('rmgroup', True), self.name]
+        return self.execute_command(cmd)
+
+    def group_add(self, **kwargs):
+        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('mkgroup', True)]
+        for key in kwargs:
+            if key == 'gid' and kwargs[key] is not None:
+                cmd.append('id='+kwargs[key])
+            elif key == 'system' and kwargs[key] == 'yes':
+                cmd.append('-a')
+        cmd.append(self.name)
+        return self.execute_command(cmd)
+
+    def group_mod(self, **kwargs):
+        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('chgroup', True)]
+        info = self.group_info()
+        for key in kwargs:
+            if key == 'gid':
+                if kwargs[key] is not None and info[2] != int(kwargs[key]):
+                    cmd.append('id='+kwargs[key])
+        if len(cmd) == 1:
+            return (None, '', '')
+        cmd.append(self.name)
+        return self.execute_command(cmd)
+
+# ===========================================
+
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(
         argument_spec = dict(
diff --git a/library/setup b/library/setup
index 791bb06721..465f2ff538 100644
--- a/library/setup
+++ b/library/setup
@@ -119,27 +119,39 @@ class Facts(object):
             self.facts['architecture'] = self.facts['machine']
         if self.facts['system'] == 'Linux':
             self.get_distribution_facts()
+        elif self.facts['system'] == 'AIX':
+            rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/sbin/bootinfo -p")
+            data = out.split('\n')
+            self.facts['architecture'] = data[0]
+
 
     # platform.dist() is deprecated in 2.6
     # in 2.6 and newer, you should use platform.linux_distribution()
     def get_distribution_facts(self):
-        dist = platform.dist()
-        self.facts['distribution'] = dist[0].capitalize() or 'NA'
-        self.facts['distribution_version'] = dist[1] or 'NA'
-        self.facts['distribution_release'] = dist[2] or 'NA'
-        # Try to handle the exceptions now ...
-        for (path, name) in Facts.OSDIST_DICT.items():
-            if os.path.exists(path):
-                if self.facts['distribution'] == 'Fedora':
-                    pass
-                elif name == 'RedHat':
-                    data = get_file_content(path)
-                    if 'Red Hat' in data:
-                        self.facts['distribution'] = name
-                    else:
-                        self.facts['distribution'] = data.split()[0]
-                else:
-                    self.facts['distribution'] = name
+        if self.facts['system'] == 'AIX':
+           self.facts['distribution'] = 'AIX'
+           rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/bin/oslevel")
+           data = out.split('.')
+           self.facts['distribution_version'] = data[0]
+           self.facts['distribution_release'] = data[1]
+        else:
+          dist = platform.dist()
+          self.facts['distribution'] = dist[0].capitalize() or 'NA'
+          self.facts['distribution_version'] = dist[1] or 'NA'
+          self.facts['distribution_release'] = dist[2] or 'NA'
+          # Try to handle the exceptions now ...
+          for (path, name) in Facts.OSDIST_DICT.items():
+              if os.path.exists(path):
+                  if self.facts['distribution'] == 'Fedora':
+                      pass
+                  elif name == 'RedHat':
+                      data = get_file_content(path)
+                      if 'Red Hat' in data:
+                          self.facts['distribution'] = name
+                      else:
+                          self.facts['distribution'] = data.split()[0]
+                  else:
+                      self.facts['distribution'] = name
 
     def get_cmdline(self):
         data = get_file_content('/proc/cmdline')
@@ -602,6 +614,72 @@ class FreeBSDHardware(Hardware):
                 if s:
                     self.facts['devices'][d.group(1)].append(s.group(1))
 
+class AIX(Hardware):
+    """
+    AIX-specific subclass of Hardware.  Defines memory and CPU facts:
+    - memfree_mb
+    - memtotal_mb
+    - swapfree_mb
+    - swaptotal_mb
+    - processor (a list)
+    - processor_cores
+    - processor_count
+    """
+    platform = 'AIX'
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        Hardware.__init__(self)
+
+    def populate(self):
+        self.get_cpu_facts()
+        self.get_memory_facts()
+        self.get_dmi_facts()
+        return self.facts
+
+    def get_cpu_facts(self):
+        self.facts['processor'] = []
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/sbin/lsattr -El proc0 -a type")
+        data = out.split(' ')
+        self.facts['processor'] = data[1]
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/sbin/lsattr -El proc0 -a smt_threads")
+        data = out.split(' ')
+        self.facts['processor_cores'] = int(data[1])
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/sbin/lsdev -Cc processor")
+        i = 0
+        for line in out.split('\n'):
+            data = line.split(':')
+            if 'Available' in line:
+               i += 1
+        self.facts['processor_count'] = int(i)
+
+    def get_memory_facts(self):
+        pagesize = 4096
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/bin/vmstat -v")
+        for line in out.split('\n'):
+            data = line.split()
+            if 'memory pages' in line:
+                pagecount = long(data[0])
+            if 'free pages' in line:
+                freecount = long(data[0])
+        self.facts['memtotal_mb'] = pagesize * pagecount / 1024 / 1024
+        self.facts['memfree_mb'] = pagesize * freecount / 1024 / 1024
+        # Get swapinfo.  swapinfo output looks like:
+        # Device          1M-blocks     Used    Avail Capacity
+        # /dev/ada0p3        314368        0   314368     0%
+        #
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/sbin/lsps -s")
+        lines = out.split('\n')
+        data = lines[1].split()
+        swaptotal_mb = long(data[0].rstrip('MB'))
+        percused = int(data[1].rstrip('%'))
+        self.facts['swaptotal_mb'] = swaptotal_mb
+        self.facts['swapfree_mb'] = long(swaptotal_mb * ( 100 - percused ) / 100)
+
+    def get_dmi_facts(self):
+        rc, out, err = module.run_command("/usr/sbin/lsattr -El sys0 -a fwversion")
+        data = out.split()
+        self.facts['firmware_version'] = data[1].strip('IBM,')
+
 class Network(Facts):
     """
     This is a generic Network subclass of Facts.  This should be further
diff --git a/library/user b/library/user
index 5f08a1b100..7e057cdee6 100644
--- a/library/user
+++ b/library/user
@@ -807,6 +807,159 @@ class SunOS(User):
 
 # ===========================================
 
+class AIX(User):
+    """
+    This is a AIX User manipulation class.
+
+    This overrides the following methods from the generic class:-
+      - create_user()
+      - remove_user()
+      - modify_user()
+    """
+
+    platform = 'AIX'
+    distribution = None
+    SHADOWFILE = '/etc/security/passwd'
+
+    def remove_user(self):
+        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('userdel', True)]
+        if self.remove:
+            cmd.append('-r')
+        cmd.append(self.name)
+
+        return self.execute_command(cmd)
+
+    def create_user_useradd(self, command_name='useradd'):
+        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path(command_name, True)]
+
+        if self.uid is not None:
+            cmd.append('-u')
+            cmd.append(self.uid)
+
+        if self.group is not None:
+            if not self.group_exists(self.group):
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Group %s does not exist" % self.group)
+            cmd.append('-g')
+            cmd.append(self.group)
+
+        if self.groups is not None:
+            for g in self.groups.split(','):
+                if not self.group_exists(g):
+                    self.module.fail_json(msg="Group %s does not exist" % (g))
+            cmd.append('-G')
+            cmd.append(self.groups)
+
+        if self.comment is not None:
+            cmd.append('-c')
+            cmd.append(self.comment)
+
+        if self.home is not None:
+            cmd.append('-d')
+            cmd.append(self.home)
+
+        if self.shell is not None:
+            cmd.append('-s')
+            cmd.append(self.shell)
+
+        if self.createhome:
+            cmd.append('-m')
+
+        if self.system:
+            cmd.append('-r')
+
+        cmd.append(self.name)
+        (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command(cmd)
+
+        # set password with chpasswd
+        if self.password is not None:
+            cmd = []
+            cmd.append('echo "'+self.name+':'+self.password+'" |')
+            cmd.append(self.module.get_bin_path('chpasswd', True))
+            cmd.append('-e')
+            cmd.append('-c')
+            self.execute_command(' '.join(cmd))
+
+        return (rc, out, err)
+
+    def modify_user_usermod(self):
+        cmd = [self.module.get_bin_path('usermod', True)]
+        info = self.user_info()
+
+        if self.uid is not None and info[2] != int(self.uid):
+            cmd.append('-u')
+            cmd.append(self.uid)
+
+        if self.group is not None:
+            if not self.group_exists(self.group):
+                self.module.fail_json(msg="Group %s does not exist" % self.group)
+            ginfo = self.group_info(self.group)
+            if info[3] != ginfo[2]:
+                cmd.append('-g')
+                cmd.append(self.group)
+
+        if self.groups is not None:
+            current_groups = self.user_group_membership()
+            groups = self.groups.split(',')
+            for g in groups:
+                if not self.group_exists(g):
+                    self.module.fail_json(msg="Group %s does not exist" % (g))
+
+            group_diff = set(sorted(current_groups)).symmetric_difference(set(sorted(groups)))
+            groups_need_mod = False
+
+            if group_diff:
+                if self.append:
+                    for g in groups:
+                        if g in group_diff:
+                            groups.extend(current_groups)
+                            set(groups)
+                            groups_need_mod = True
+                            break
+                else:
+                    groups_need_mod = True
+
+            if groups_need_mod:
+                cmd.append('-G')
+                cmd.append(','.join(groups))
+
+        if self.comment is not None and info[4] != self.comment:
+                cmd.append('-c')
+                cmd.append(self.comment)
+
+        if self.home is not None and info[5] != self.home:
+            cmd.append('-d')
+            cmd.append(self.home)
+
+        if self.shell is not None and info[6] != self.shell:
+            cmd.append('-s')
+            cmd.append(self.shell)
+
+
+        # skip if no changes to be made
+        if len(cmd) == 1:
+            (rc, out, err) = (None, '', '')
+        else:
+            cmd.append(self.name)
+            (rc, out, err) = self.execute_command(cmd)
+
+        # set password with chpasswd
+        if self.password is not None and info[1] != self.password:
+            cmd = []
+            cmd.append('echo "'+self.name+':'+self.password+'" |')
+            cmd.append(self.module.get_bin_path('chpasswd', True))
+            cmd.append('-e')
+            cmd.append('-c')
+            (rc2, out2, err2) = self.execute_command(' '.join(cmd))
+        else:
+            (rc2, out2, err2) = (None, '', '')
+
+        if rc != None:
+            return (rc, out+out2, err+err2)
+        else:
+            return (rc2, out+out2, err+err2)
+
+# ===========================================
+
 def main():
     ssh_defaults = {
             'bits': '2048',