diff --git a/common/environment/configure/autoconf_cache/powerpc32-linux b/common/environment/configure/autoconf_cache/powerpc32-linux
index 19c7920f256..0f461cdbc56 100644
--- a/common/environment/configure/autoconf_cache/powerpc32-linux
+++ b/common/environment/configure/autoconf_cache/powerpc32-linux
@@ -196,8 +196,10 @@ ac_cv_have_control_in_msghdr=${ac_cv_have_control_in_msghdr='yes'}
 # vim
 ac_cv_sizeof_int=${ac_cv_sizeof_int='4'}
 
-#modphp 
-ac_cv_c_bigendian_php=${ac_cv_c_bigendian_php=yes}
+#modphp
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_ENDIAN" != "le" ]; then
+	ac_cv_c_bigendian_php=${ac_cv_c_bigendian_php=yes}
+fi
 ac_cv_sizeof_ptrdiff_t=${ac_cv_sizeof_ptrdiff_t=4}
 
 # apache2 (note other apache stanza in this file)