diff --git a/common/arch.h b/common/arch.h
index ccccfa5a..04414f3a 100644
--- a/common/arch.h
+++ b/common/arch.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ typedef int bool_t;
     defined(__AIX__) || defined(__mips__) || \
     defined(__ia64__) || defined(__arm__) || \
     (defined(__PPC__) && defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__)) || \
+    (defined(__PPC__) && defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)) || \
     (defined(__ppc__) && defined(__BIG_ENDIAN__))
 #define NEED_ALIGN
 #elif defined(__x86__) || defined(__x86_64__) || \