diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7edc374b..0f1a16a0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -342,6 +342,9 @@ if test "x$RECENTAIX" = "xyes"; then
          dnl the optimizer assumes that pointers can only point to
          dnl an object of the same type.
          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -qnoansialias"
+         dnl Force AIX xlc to stop after the compilation phase, and not
+         dnl generate object code, when the source compiles with errors.
+         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -qhalt=e"
        )
 fi