diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index de6b0d7..99a8759 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // ***************** Important Settings ********************
 
 // define this if running on a big-endian CPU
-#if !defined(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN) && (defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__) || defined(__sparc) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__hppa__) || defined(__mips__) || (defined(__MWERKS__) && !defined(__INTEL__)))
+#if !defined(IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN) && (defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__) || defined(__sparc) || defined(__sparc__) || defined(__hppa__) || defined(__MIPSEB__) || (defined(__MWERKS__) && !defined(__INTEL__)))
 #	define IS_BIG_ENDIAN
 #endif