diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 9a3645523..38290b03c 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+15 February 2013: Wouter
+	- fix defines in lookup3 for bigendian bsd alpha
+
 11 February 2013: Wouter
 	- Fixup openssl_thread init code to only run if compiled with SSL.
 
diff --git a/util/storage/lookup3.c b/util/storage/lookup3.c
index eb3341362..845cc3886 100644
--- a/util/storage/lookup3.c
+++ b/util/storage/lookup3.c
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ hash_set_raninit(uint32_t v)
      defined(__i586__) || defined(__i686__) || defined(vax) || defined(MIPSEL))
 # define HASH_LITTLE_ENDIAN 1
 # define HASH_BIG_ENDIAN 0
+#elif (!defined(_BYTE_ORDER) && !defined(__BYTE_ORDER) && defined(_BIG_ENDIAN))
+# define HASH_LITTLE_ENDIAN 0
+# define HASH_BIG_ENDIAN 1
 #elif (defined(__BYTE_ORDER) && defined(__BIG_ENDIAN) && \
        __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN) || \
       (defined(_BYTE_ORDER) && defined(_BIG_ENDIAN) && \