-/* Define to 1 if your processor stores words with the most significant byte
- first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel and VAX). */
-#undef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+/* Define WORDS_BIGENDIAN to 1 if your processor stores words with the most
+ significant byte first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel). */
+#if defined AC_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD
+# if defined __BIG_ENDIAN__
+# define WORDS_BIGENDIAN 1
+# endif
+#else
+# ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+# undef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+# endif
+#endif