diff --git a/include/SDL_endian.h b/include/SDL_endian.h
index ed0bf5ba8..1f1882925 100644
--- a/include/SDL_endian.h
+++ b/include/SDL_endian.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     defined(__m68k__) || defined(mc68000) || defined(_M_M68K) || \
     (defined(__MIPS__) && defined(__MISPEB__)) || \
     defined(__ppc__) || defined(__POWERPC__) || defined(_M_PPC) || \
-    defined(__sparc__)
+    defined(__sparc__) || defined(_BIG_ENDIAN) || (__BIG_ENDIAN__ == 1)
 #define SDL_BYTEORDER   SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
 #else
 #define SDL_BYTEORDER   SDL_LIL_ENDIAN