diff --git a/include/asterisk/frame.h b/include/asterisk/frame.h
index e89891bb1c..27ad5ca5dc 100755
--- a/include/asterisk/frame.h
+++ b/include/asterisk/frame.h
@@ -20,11 +20,29 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Autodetect system endianess
+ */
+#ifndef __BYTE_ORDER
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <endian.h>
 #else
-#include <machine/endian.h>
-#endif
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
+#define __BYTE_ORDER __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#endif /* __LITTLE_ENDIAN */
+
+#if (defined(sun) && defined(unix) && defined(sparc))
+#define __BYTE_ORDER __BIG_ENDIAN
+#endif /* sun unix sparc */
+
+#endif /* linux */
+
+#endif /* __BYTE_ORDER */
+
+#ifndef __BYTE_ORDER
+#error Need to know endianess
+#endif /* __BYTE_ORDER */
+
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
 //! Data structure associated with a single frame of data
diff --git a/mkdep b/mkdep
index 05b3aa14b5..8475cc1d11 100755
--- a/mkdep
+++ b/mkdep
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh -
+#!/bin/bash -
 #
 #	$OpenBSD: mkdep.gcc.sh,v 1.8 1998/09/02 06:40:07 deraadt Exp $
 #	$NetBSD: mkdep.gcc.sh,v 1.9 1994/12/23 07:34:59 jtc Exp $