diff --git a/include/os/osSysinfo.h b/include/os/osSysinfo.h
index 1ebad370b5d1d9dee443d105f7201cdb96fd4cd5..54a3cfef7be19beb58e927b6eec616895c27065e 100644
--- a/include/os/osSysinfo.h
+++ b/include/os/osSysinfo.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ typedef struct {
   SDiskSize size;
 } SDiskSpace;
 
+bool    taosCheckSystemIsSmallEnd();
 void    taosGetSystemInfo();
 int32_t taosGetEmail(char *email, int32_t maxLen);
 int32_t taosGetOsReleaseName(char *releaseName, int32_t maxLen);
diff --git a/source/dnode/mgmt/daemon/src/dmnMain.c b/source/dnode/mgmt/daemon/src/dmnMain.c
index df705898ca4532759ff083810f98546f2af206f8..7ba272453ca247600024411c106af17a1dc6cd25 100644
--- a/source/dnode/mgmt/daemon/src/dmnMain.c
+++ b/source/dnode/mgmt/daemon/src/dmnMain.c
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ int32_t dmnRunDnode() {
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
+  if (!taosCheckSystemIsSmallEnd()) {
+    uError("TDengine does not run on non-small-end machines.");
+    return -1;
+  }
+
   if (dmnParseOption(argc, argv) != 0) {
     return -1;
   }
diff --git a/source/os/src/osSysinfo.c b/source/os/src/osSysinfo.c
index ff9d5fb71b95b74b744f60f1abf9716717263cf6..02d7e6c0e901e7f8fb16285059b5f0bbf8dc4a55 100644
--- a/source/os/src/osSysinfo.c
+++ b/source/os/src/osSysinfo.c
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@
 #define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
 #include "os.h"
 
+bool taosCheckSystemIsSmallEnd() {
+    union check{
+        int16_t i;
+        char ch[2];
+    }c;
+    c.i=1;
+    return c.ch[0]==1;
+}
+
 #if defined(_TD_WINDOWS_64) || defined(_TD_WINDOWS_32)
 
 /*