--- a/configure	2018-05-14 13:06:45.048908319 +0200
+++ b/configure	2018-05-14 12:55:02.526913502 +0200
@@ -961,14 +961,16 @@
 # skip endianness check for Intel Compiler and MSVS, as all supported platforms are little. each have flags that will cause the check to fail as well
 CPU_ENDIAN="little-endian"
 if [ $compiler = GNU ]; then
-    echo "int i[2] = {0x42494745,0}; double f[2] = {0x1.0656e6469616ep+102,0};" > conftest.c
-    $CC $CFLAGS conftest.c -c -o conftest.o 2>/dev/null || die "endian test failed"
-    if (${cross_prefix}strings -a conftest.o | grep -q BIGE) && (${cross_prefix}strings -a conftest.o | grep -q FPendian) ; then
-        define WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-        CPU_ENDIAN="big-endian"
-    elif !(${cross_prefix}strings -a conftest.o | grep -q EGIB && ${cross_prefix}strings -a conftest.o | grep -q naidnePF) ; then
-        die "endian test failed"
-    fi
+	cat <<-EOF > conftest.c
+#include <stdint.h>
+#define IS_BIG_ENDIAN (*(uint16_t *)"\0\xff" < 0x100)
+int main(void) { return IS_BIG_ENDIAN; }
+EOF
+    $CC $CFLAGS -o conftest conftest.c || die "endian test failed"
+	./conftest || {
+         define WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+         CPU_ENDIAN="big-endian"
+	}
 fi
 
 if [ "$cli_libx264" = "system" -a "$shared" != "yes" ] ; then