diff -uprN bird-1.0.11-/configure bird-1.0.11/configure
--- bird-1.0.11-/configure	2005-02-21 11:09:38.000000000 +0100
+++ bird-1.0.11/configure	2008-07-31 11:47:46.000000000 +0200
@@ -4746,6 +4746,12 @@ _ACEOF
 
 	done
 
+if test "$ac_cv_c_littleendian" = "yes" ; then
+	bird_cv_c_endian=little-endian
+elif test "$ac_cv_c_bigendian" = "yes" ; then
+	bird_cv_c_endian=big-endian
+fi
+
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking CPU endianity" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking CPU endianity... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${bird_cv_c_endian+set}" = set; then