diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3e40206862ae84b4b99d44fc5d8fd872a2d5d8cd..b596ea7b9fa3b60c30bfd988178a4e34a24ba0e3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
  Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7  [xx XXX 2000]
 
+  *) Add configuration option to build on Linux on both big-endian and
+     little-endian MIPS.
+     [Ralf Baechle <ralf@uni-koblenz.de>]
+
   *) Give the OpenSSL applications more possibilities to make use of
      keys (public as well as private) handled by engines.
      [Richard Levitte]
diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 60fbf9088129d1674780e2eeeb51148d732c004b..5ee22c819976ce830834f6f5e50c5cf1079fc687 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ my %table=(
 "debug-linux-elf","gcc:-DBN_DEBUG -DREF_CHECK -DCONF_DEBUG -DBN_CTX_DEBUG -DCRYPTO_MDEBUG -DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -g -m486 -Wall::-D_REENTRANT:-lefence -ldl:BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_elf_asm}:dlfcn",
 "debug-linux-elf-noefence","gcc:-DBN_DEBUG -DREF_CHECK -DCONF_DEBUG -DBN_CTX_DEBUG -DCRYPTO_MDEBUG -DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -g -m486 -Wall::-D_REENTRANT:-ldl:BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_elf_asm}:dlfcn",
 "linux-aout",	"gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -m486 -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_out_asm}",
-"linux-mips",   "gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG:::",
+"linux-mipsel",   "gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG:::",
+"linux-mips",   "gcc:-DB_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall::(unknown)::BN_LLONG:::",
 "linux-ppc",    "gcc:-DB_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall::-D_REENTRANT::BN_LLONG::",
 "linux-m68k",   "gcc:-DB_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall::-D_REENTRANT::BN_LLONG::",
 "linux-ia64",   "gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIO -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -Wall::(unknown)::SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG::",
diff --git a/config b/config
index 2f84a457d20f623b18c101df62f4e45b7d06fd0a..8e7e39afcab52025fc6d926532f43f01ca4f588e 100755
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -413,7 +413,22 @@ case "$GUESSOS" in
 	    esac
 	fi
 	;;
-  mips-*-linux?) OUT="linux-mips" ;;
+  mips-*-linux?)
+          cat >dummy.c <<EOF
+#include <stdio.h>  /* for printf() prototype */
+        int main (argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; {
+#ifdef __MIPSEB__
+  printf ("linux-%s\n", argv[1]);
+#endif
+#ifdef __MIPSEL__
+  printf ("linux-%sel\n", argv[1]);
+#endif
+  return 0;
+}
+EOF
+	${CC} -o dummy dummy.c && OUT=`./dummy ${MACHINE}`
+	rm dummy dummy.c
+	;;
   ppc-*-linux2) OUT="linux-ppc" ;;
   m68k-*-linux*) OUT="linux-m68k" ;;
   ia64-*-linux?) OUT="linux-ia64" ;;