diff --git a/Templates/configure.in b/Templates/configure.in
index 88ae78c79..73ebe64f0 100644
--- a/Templates/configure.in
+++ b/Templates/configure.in
@@ -669,6 +669,14 @@ case $system in
       CMAKE_AR="$CXX"
       CMAKE_AR_ARGS="-xar -o"
    fi
+   IRIX*)
+   if test $ac_cv_prog_gxx = yes; then
+	:
+   else
+      echo "Using $CXX -xar -o for creating .a libraries"
+      CMAKE_AR="$CXX"
+      CMAKE_AR_ARGS="-ar -o"
+   fi
 esac
 AC_SUBST(CMAKE_AR)
 AC_SUBST(CMAKE_AR_ARGS)