diff --git a/base/uclibc/uclibc.conf b/base/uclibc/uclibc.conf
index 3f47b6bd5..af19a30d8 100644
--- a/base/uclibc/uclibc.conf
+++ b/base/uclibc/uclibc.conf
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ default_config() {
 
 	if [ "$arch_bigendian" = "yes" ]; then
 		echo "X ARCH_BIG_ENDIAN"
+		echo "X ARCH_WANTS_BIG_ENDIAN"
 	else
 		echo "X ARCH_LITTLE_ENDIAN"
+		echo "X ARCH_WANTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN"
 	fi
 
 	echo "X CROSS_COMPILER_PREFIX \"${archprefix}\""