diff --git a/security/openssl/openssl.conf b/security/openssl/openssl.conf
index 07925c323..1a41447ab 100644
--- a/security/openssl/openssl.conf
+++ b/security/openssl/openssl.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../openssl/openssl.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ case "$arch_machine" in
 			  else
 			  	trg="linux-generic32 -DL_ENDIAN";
 			  fi ;;
+		mips64)	  if [ "$arch_bigendian" == "yes" ] ; then
+				trg="linux-generic64 -DB_ENDIAN";
+			  else
+			  	trg="linux-generic64 -DL_ENDIAN";
+			  fi ;;
 		arm)
 			  trg="linux-generic32 -DL_ENDIAN" ;;
 		*)        abort "Add arch-setting to openssl.conf!" ;;