diff --git a/mips/mips_emit.h b/mips/mips_emit.h
index e585269..647aa51 100644
--- a/mips/mips_emit.h
+++ b/mips/mips_emit.h
@@ -224,9 +224,18 @@ u32 arm_to_mips_reg[] =
   mips_emit_addiu(reg_cycles, reg_cycles, -cycle_count);                      \
   cycle_count = 0                                                             \
 
+#if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
+
+#define generate_branch_patch_conditional(dest, offset)                       \
+  *(((u16 *)(dest)) + 1) = mips_relative_offset(dest, offset)                       \
+
+#else
+
 #define generate_branch_patch_conditional(dest, offset)                       \
   *((u16 *)(dest)) = mips_relative_offset(dest, offset)                       \
 
+#endif
+
 #define generate_branch_patch_unconditional(dest, offset)                     \
   *((u32 *)(dest)) = (mips_opcode_j << 26) |                                  \
    ((mips_absolute_offset(offset)) & 0x3FFFFFF)                               \