diff --git a/src/lj_arch.h b/src/lj_arch.h
index e04c4ee9..5f7e4456 100644
--- a/src/lj_arch.h
+++ b/src/lj_arch.h
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 #if defined(_SOFT_FLOAT) || defined(_SOFT_DOUBLE)
 #error "No support for PowerPC CPUs without double-precision FPU"
 #endif
-#if defined(_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#if defined(_LITTLE_ENDIAN) && (!defined(_BYTE_ORDER) || (_BYTE_ORDER == _LITTLE_ENDIAN))
 #error "No support for little-endian PowerPC"
 #endif
 #if defined(_LP64)