diff --git a/host/host_aix.go b/host/host_aix.go
index 32fef28323..67ae1c796d 100644
--- a/host/host_aix.go
+++ b/host/host_aix.go
@@ -26,10 +26,6 @@ func HostIDWithContext(ctx context.Context) (string, error) {
 	return strings.Split(string(out), "\n")[0], nil
 }
 
-func numProcs(_ context.Context) (uint64, error) {
-	return 0, common.ErrNotImplementedError
-}
-
 func BootTimeWithContext(ctx context.Context) (btime uint64, err error) {
 	return common.BootTimeWithContext(ctx, invoke)
 }
diff --git a/host/host_aix_cgo.go b/host/host_aix_cgo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b78ec71fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/host_aix_cgo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+//go:build aix && cgo
+
+package host
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/power-devops/perfstat"
+)
+
+func numProcs(_ context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	procs, err := perfstat.ProcessStat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return uint64(len(procs)), nil
+}
diff --git a/host/host_aix_nocgo.go b/host/host_aix_nocgo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1fd4b3036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/host/host_aix_nocgo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+//go:build aix && !cgo
+
+package host
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4/internal/common"
+)
+
+func numProcs(_ context.Context) (uint64, error) {
+	return 0, common.ErrNotImplementedError
+}