diff --git a/usr.sbin/bind/include/config.h b/usr.sbin/bind/include/config.h
index 852b652eb925..2d862a655077 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bind/include/config.h
+++ b/usr.sbin/bind/include/config.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+/*	$NetBSD: config.h,v 1.2 2004/11/07 01:12:56 christos Exp $	*/
+
 /* config.h.  Generated by configure.  */
 /* config.h.in.  Generated from configure.in by autoheader.  */
 /*
@@ -242,7 +244,10 @@ int sigwait(const unsigned int *set, int *sig);
 
 /* Define to 1 if your processor stores words with the most significant byte
    first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel and VAX). */
-/* #undef WORDS_BIGENDIAN */
+#include <sys/endian.h>
+#if _BYTE_ORDER == _BIG_ENDIAN
+#define WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+#endif
 
 /* Define to empty if `const' does not conform to ANSI C. */
 /* #undef const */