diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
index e444917fb64..02db910ae6c 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
@@ -203,8 +203,10 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
         if sys.platform[:6] == "darwin":
             # MacOSX's linker doesn't understand the -R flag at all
             return "-L" + dir
-        elif compiler[:3] == "gcc" or compiler[:3] == "g++":
-            return "-Wl,-R" + dir
+      elif sys.platform[:5] == "hp-ux":
+            return "+s -L" + dir
+      elif compiler[:3] == "gcc" or compiler[:3] == "g++":
+          return "-Wl,-R" + dir
         else:
             return "-R" + dir