diff --git a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
index eda9622..e2e8657 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
+++ b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext2fs.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * has been configured or if we're being built on a CPU architecture
  * with a non-native byte order.
  */
-#if defined(ENABLE_SWAPFS) || defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+#if defined(ENABLE_SWAPFS) || defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN) || __BYTE_ORDER== __BIG_ENDIAN
 #define EXT2FS_ENABLE_SWAPFS
 #endif