diff --git a/hw/mips/jazz.c b/hw/mips/jazz.c
index 89ca8bb910..ee1789183e 100644
--- a/hw/mips/jazz.c
+++ b/hw/mips/jazz.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static void mips_jazz_init(MachineState *machine,
 {
     MemoryRegion *address_space = get_system_memory();
     char *filename;
-    int bios_size, n;
+    int bios_size, n, big_endian;
     Clock *cpuclk;
     MIPSCPU *cpu;
     MIPSCPUClass *mcc;
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ static void mips_jazz_init(MachineState *machine,
         [JAZZ_PICA61] = {33333333, 4},
     };
 
+#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+    big_endian = 1;
+#else
+    big_endian = 0;
+#endif
+
     if (machine->ram_size > 256 * MiB) {
         error_report("RAM size more than 256Mb is not supported");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -290,6 +296,7 @@ static void mips_jazz_init(MachineState *machine,
             dev = qdev_new("dp8393x");
             qdev_set_nic_properties(dev, nd);
             qdev_prop_set_uint8(dev, "it_shift", 2);
+            qdev_prop_set_bit(dev, "big_endian", big_endian > 0);
             object_property_set_link(OBJECT(dev), "dma_mr",
                                      OBJECT(rc4030_dma_mr), &error_abort);
             sysbus = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(dev);