diff --git a/gsutil.py b/gsutil.py
index 4dcb2d6177..3534760683 100755
--- a/gsutil.py
+++ b/gsutil.py
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ LUCI_AUTH_SCOPES = [
 ]
 
 
+# Platforms unsupported by luci-auth.
+LUCI_AUTH_UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS = ['aix']
+
+
 class InvalidGsutilError(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -154,6 +158,12 @@ def _is_luci_context():
         return False
 
 
+def _is_luci_auth_supported_platform():
+    """Returns True if luci-auth is supported in the current platform."""
+    return not any(map(sys.platform.startswith,
+                       LUCI_AUTH_UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS))
+
+
 def luci_context(cmd):
     """Helper to call`luci-auth context`."""
     p = _luci_auth_cmd('context', wrapped_cmds=cmd)
@@ -264,8 +274,9 @@ def run_gsutil(target, args, clean=False):
         _print_subprocess_result(p)
         return p.returncode
 
-    # Skip wrapping commands if luci-auth is already being
-    if _is_luci_context():
+    # Skip wrapping commands if luci-auth is already being used or if the
+    # platform is unsupported by luci-auth.
+    if _is_luci_context() or not _is_luci_auth_supported_platform():
         return _run_subprocess(cmd, interactive=True).returncode
 
     # Wrap gsutil with luci-auth context.
diff --git a/tests/gsutil_test.py b/tests/gsutil_test.py
index 39e09187ed..1c79bb8eec 100755
--- a/tests/gsutil_test.py
+++ b/tests/gsutil_test.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import tempfile
 import unittest
 import zipfile
 import urllib.request
+from unittest import mock
 
 # Add depot_tools to path
 THIS_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -147,5 +148,15 @@ class GsutilUnitTests(unittest.TestCase):
                          gsutil_bin)
 
 
+    @mock.patch('sys.platform', 'linux')
+    def test__is_supported_platform_returns_true_for_supported_platform(self):
+        self.assertTrue(gsutil._is_luci_auth_supported_platform())
+
+    @mock.patch('sys.platform', 'aix')
+    def test__is_supported_platform_returns_false_for_unsupported_platform(
+            self):
+        self.assertFalse(gsutil._is_luci_auth_supported_platform())
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()