diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig
index 36579544780493706381c22008c64577bc04fde2..4fe8ebe5b2d43c4983b3d5ccafb662afcf4f0e41 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-vexpress/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config ARCH_VEXPRESS
 	bool "ARM Ltd. Versatile Express family" if ARCH_MULTI_V7
 	select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
+	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select ARM_TIMER_SP804
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-versatile/headsmp.S b/arch/arm/plat-versatile/headsmp.S
index 2677bc3762d7ce418b4c116b709dadf0f8e53697..40f27e52de759aed3ab7d3f7e912bf4feab3a358 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-versatile/headsmp.S
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-versatile/headsmp.S
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <asm/assembler.h>
 
 /*
  * Realview/Versatile Express specific entry point for secondary CPUs.
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@
  * until we're ready for them to initialise.
  */
 ENTRY(versatile_secondary_startup)
+ ARM_BE8(setend	be)
 	mrc	p15, 0, r0, c0, c0, 5
 	bic	r0, #0xff000000
 	adr	r4, 1f