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diff --git a/src/system/ByteOrder.hxx b/src/system/ByteOrder.hxx
index 622003254..8beda61c7 100644
--- a/src/system/ByteOrder.hxx
+++ b/src/system/ByteOrder.hxx
@@ -33,11 +33,23 @@
#include <stdint.h>
#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(__ARMEL__)
-#define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN true
-#define IS_BIG_ENDIAN false
+/* well-known little-endian */
+# define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN true
+# define IS_BIG_ENDIAN false
+#elif defined(__MIPSEB__)
+/* well-known big-endian */
+# define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN false
+# define IS_BIG_ENDIAN true
#else
-#define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN false
-#define IS_BIG_ENDIAN true
+/* generic compile-time check */
+# include <endian.h>
+# if __BYTE_ORDER == __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+# define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN true
+# define IS_BIG_ENDIAN false
+# else
+# define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN false
+# define IS_BIG_ENDIAN true
+# endif
#endif
static inline constexpr bool