diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 8d011e18bb5..7d37b3a748d 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-05-24  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@suse.de>
+
+	* mips.h (LINKER_ENDIAN_SPEC): Pass -EL to linker by default.
+
 2000-05-24  Eric Christopher <echristo@cygnus.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Redefine inhibit_libc conditions.
diff --git a/gcc/config/mips/mips.h b/gcc/config/mips/mips.h
index 6dd1a6ec908..1ff81cbb2cd 100644
--- a/gcc/config/mips/mips.h
+++ b/gcc/config/mips/mips.h
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ extern void		sbss_section PARAMS ((void));
 #if TARGET_ENDIAN_DEFAULT == 0
 #define LINKER_ENDIAN_SPEC "%{!EB:%{!meb:-EL}}"
 #else
-#define LINKER_ENDIAN_SPEC ""
+#define LINKER_ENDIAN_SPEC "%{!EL:%{!mel:-EB}}"
 #endif
 #endif