diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 9ea66ba2751c487769d900edfcf6349c9910340a..2627cd0bd14ec2dec12bcdca73304f21f9606fe8 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ x86_64-softmmu
 sparc64-user
 sparc64-softmmu
 mips-softmmu
+mipsel-softmmu
 mips-user
 mipsel-user
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e69cf47da9f08b5afd7e219c24d16bd61b0e1154..bcc2e07d429f45a2586df0d3fbc9fb1138ccb358 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ tarbin:
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-sparc \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-x86_64 \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-mips \
+	$(bindir)/qemu-system-mipsel \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-system-arm \
 	$(bindir)/qemu-i386 \
         $(bindir)/qemu-arm \
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 58759337a56af15d73e0e1aef504dc5316f76958..a0bc4d73195d803e7977eef57a91ce8ea56d4e79 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -z "$target_list" ; then
 # these targets are portable
-    target_list="i386-softmmu ppc-softmmu sparc-softmmu x86_64-softmmu mips-softmmu arm-softmmu"
+    target_list="i386-softmmu ppc-softmmu sparc-softmmu x86_64-softmmu mips-softmmu mipsel-softmmu arm-softmmu"
 # the following are Linux specific
     if [ "$linux" = "yes" ] ; then
         target_list="i386-user arm-user armeb-user sparc-user ppc-user mips-user mipsel-user $target_list"