diff --git a/util/cbmem/cbmem.c b/util/cbmem/cbmem.c
index 018ea871f9..369b7c5a31 100644
--- a/util/cbmem/cbmem.c
+++ b/util/cbmem/cbmem.c
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@
 #include <x86intrin.h>
 #endif

+#if defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) && __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+#define le32toh(x) (x)
+#define le16toh(x) (x)
+#else
+#define le32toh(x) (__builtin_bswap32(x))
+#define le16toh(x) (__builtin_bswap16(x))
+#endif
+
 #include "cbmem_util.h"

 #define CBMEM_VERSION "1.2"