diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 1626833bc0..169ab775a6 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),arm)
     TARGET_ARCH2=armeb
   endif
 endif
+ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),sh4)
+  ifeq ($(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN),yes)
+    TARGET_ARCH2=sh4eb
+  endif
+endif
 ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),mips)
   ifneq ($(TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN),yes)
     TARGET_ARCH2=mipsel
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9ab270e289..57b59aaa08 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -737,6 +737,7 @@ target_bigendian="no"
 [ "$target_cpu" = "ppc" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 [ "$target_cpu" = "ppc64" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 [ "$target_cpu" = "mips" ] && target_bigendian=yes
+[ "$target_cpu" = "sh4eb" ] && target_bigendian=yes
 target_softmmu="no"
 if expr $target : '.*-softmmu' > /dev/null ; then
   target_softmmu="yes"
@@ -827,7 +828,7 @@ elif test "$target_cpu" = "mips" -o "$target_cpu" = "mipsel" ; then
   echo "#define TARGET_MIPS 1" >> $config_h
   echo "CONFIG_SOFTFLOAT=yes" >> $config_mak
   echo "#define CONFIG_SOFTFLOAT 1" >> $config_h
-elif test "$target_cpu" = "sh4" ; then
+elif test "$target_cpu" = "sh4" -o "$target_cpu" = "sh4eb" ; then
   echo "TARGET_ARCH=sh4" >> $config_mak
   echo "#define TARGET_ARCH \"sh4\"" >> $config_h
   echo "#define TARGET_SH4 1" >> $config_h