diff --git a/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/GENERIC b/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/GENERIC
index bceaa2a9c2fa..8e8c2f695d20 100644
--- a/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/GENERIC
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-# $NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.1 2002/03/06 02:13:38 simonb Exp $
+# $NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.2 2002/03/17 11:00:22 simonb Exp $
 
-include 	"arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips"
+include 	"arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.eb"	# little-endian mode
+#include 	"arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.el"	# big-endian mode
 
-#ident 		"GENERIC-$Revision: 1.1 $"
+#ident 		"GENERIC-$Revision: 1.2 $"
 
 # The following three options are required for BCM1250 pass 1 silicon
 options 	SB1250_PASS1
diff --git a/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips b/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.common
similarity index 67%
rename from sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips
rename to sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.common
index b05bf2ad54fe..9fd336d8eab0 100644
--- a/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips
+++ b/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.common
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: std.sbmips,v 1.1 2002/03/06 02:13:39 simonb Exp $
+# $NetBSD: std.sbmips.common,v 1.1 2002/03/17 11:00:23 simonb Exp $
 
 machine sbmips mips
 
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ options	EXEC_ELF32	# exec ELF32 binaries
 options	EXEC_SCRIPT	# exec #! scripts
 
 makeoptions	DEFTEXTADDR="0x80001000"
-makeoptions	MACHINE_ARCH="mipseb"
 
 include	"arch/mips/conf/files.sibyte"
diff --git a/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.eb b/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d34dd26335e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# $NetBSD: std.sbmips.eb,v 1.1 2002/03/17 11:00:23 simonb Exp $
+
+include	"arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.common"
+
+makeoptions	MACHINE_ARCH="mipseb"
diff --git a/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.el b/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.el
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..808dd4b74a89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.el
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# $NetBSD: std.sbmips.el,v 1.1 2002/03/17 11:00:23 simonb Exp $
+
+include	"arch/sbmips/conf/std.sbmips.common"
+
+makeoptions	MACHINE_ARCH="mipsel"