diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b4f8de8..628894f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-06-26  Ben Elliston  <bje@redhat.com>
+
+	* config.guess: On MIPS Linux, use /proc/cpuinfo to determine
+	the endian mode of the CPU, rather than compiling and running
+	a small C program.
+
 2001-06-12  John Wolfe  <jlw@sco.com>
 
 	* config.guess: Standardize triplet for UnixWare 7 and Open
diff --git a/config.guess b/config.guess
index 89fca6c..8ab34c4 100755
--- a/config.guess
+++ b/config.guess
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #   Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
 #   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
-timestamp='2001-06-12'
+timestamp='2001-06-26'
 
 # This file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -763,24 +763,10 @@ EOF
 	echo ${UNAME_MACHINE}-unknown-linux-gnu
 	exit 0 ;;
     mips:Linux:*:*)
-	cat >$dummy.c <<EOF
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-#include <stdio.h>  /* for printf() prototype */
-int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
-#else
-int main (argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; {
-#endif
-#ifdef __MIPSEB__
-  printf ("%s-unknown-linux-gnu\n", argv[1]);
-#endif
-#ifdef __MIPSEL__
-  printf ("%sel-unknown-linux-gnu\n", argv[1]);
-#endif
-  return 0;
-}
-EOF
-	$CC_FOR_BUILD $dummy.c -o $dummy 2>/dev/null && ./$dummy "${UNAME_MACHINE}" && rm -f $dummy.c $dummy && exit 0
-	rm -f $dummy.c $dummy
+	case `sed -n '/^byte/s/^.*: \(.*\) endian/\1/p' < /proc/cpuinfo` in
+	  big)    echo mips-unknown-linux-gnu && exit 0 ;;
+	  little) echo mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu && exit 0 ;;
+	esac
 	;;
     ppc:Linux:*:*)
 	# Determine Lib Version