diff --git a/auto/endianness b/auto/endianness
index 1b552b6b..2b6f9ea4 100644
--- a/auto/endianness
+++ b/auto/endianness
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ checking for system byte ordering
 
 END
 
+if [ "${CONFIG_BIG_ENDIAN}" != "y" ]; then
+    echo " little endian"
+    have=NGX_HAVE_LITTLE_ENDIAN . auto/have
+else
+    echo " big endian"
+fi
+
+return
+
+
 
 cat << END > $NGX_AUTOTEST.c