diff -rupN libevhtp-1.2.9.orig/htparse/htparse.c libevhtp-1.2.9/htparse/htparse.c
--- libevhtp-1.2.9.orig/htparse/htparse.c	2014-03-23 12:50:50.000000000 +0100
+++ libevhtp-1.2.9/htparse/htparse.c	2014-12-09 01:12:22.242001241 +0100
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ static const char * method_strmap[] = {
 
 #define _MIN_READ(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
 
+#if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
 #define _str3_cmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3) \
     *(uint32_t *)m == ((c3 << 24) | (c2 << 16) | (c1 << 8) | c0)
 
@@ -226,6 +227,37 @@ static const char * method_strmap[] = {
     *(uint32_t *)m == ((c3 << 24) | (c2 << 16) | (c1 << 8) | c0)        \
     && ((uint32_t *)m)[1] == ((c7 << 24) | (c6 << 16) | (c5 << 8) | c4) \
     && m[8] == c8
+#elif __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_BIG_ENDIAN__
+#define _str3_cmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3) \
+    *(uint32_t *)m == ((c0 << 24) | (c1 << 16) | (c2 << 8) | c3)
+
+#define _str3Ocmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3) \
+    *(uint32_t *)m == ((c0 << 24) | (c1 << 16) | (c2 << 8) | c3)
+
+#define _str4cmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3) \
+    *(uint32_t *)m == ((c0 << 24) | (c1 << 16) | (c2 << 8) | c3)
+
+#define _str5cmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3, c4)                          \
+    *(uint32_t *)m == ((c0 << 24) | (c1 << 16) | (c2 << 8) | c3) \
+    && m[4] == c4
+
+#define _str6cmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5)                      \
+    *(uint32_t *)m == ((c0 << 24) | (c1 << 16) | (c2 << 8) | c3) \
+    && (((uint32_t *)m)[1] & 0xffff0000) == ((c4 << 24) | c5 << 16)
+
+#define _str7_cmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, c7)             \
+    *(uint32_t *)m == ((c0 << 24) | (c1 << 16) | (c2 << 8) | c3) \
+    && ((uint32_t *)m)[1] == ((c4 << 24) | (c5 << 16) | (c6 << 8) | c7)
+
+#define _str8cmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, c7)              \
+    *(uint32_t *)m == ((c0 << 24) | (c1 << 16) | (c2 << 8) | c3) \
+    && ((uint32_t *)m)[1] == ((c4 << 24) | (c5 << 16) | (c6 << 8) | c7)
+
+#define _str9cmp(m, c0, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6, c7, c8)                 \
+    *(uint32_t *)m == ((c0 << 24) | (c1 << 16) | (c2 << 8) | c3)        \
+    && ((uint32_t *)m)[1] == ((c4 << 24) | (c5 << 16) | (c6 << 8) | c7) \
+    && m[8] == c8
+#endif
 
 #define __HTPARSE_GENHOOK(__n)                                                    \
     static inline int hook_ ## __n ## _run(htparser * p, htparse_hooks * hooks) { \