# Disables checking for endianness when targeting Emscripten because it causes configuration errors, and because we already know Emscripten targets are always little-endian.

--- a/ports/cmake/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ports/cmake/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ endif()
 search_libs(gethostbyname GETHOSTBYNAME_LIB nsl socket network)
 search_libs(socket SOCKET_LIB socket)
 
-test_big_endian(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} SYSTEM_LOWER)
+if(NOT SYSTEM_LOWER STREQUAL "emscripten")
+	test_big_endian(WORDS_BIGENDIAN)
+endif()
 
 check_c_source_compiles(
     "int main() { __asm__(\".balign 4\"); return 0; }"