diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index ba3a317ea42c..87cee341eb54 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ config QEMU
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
+	select SYS_SUPPORTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 	select ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	help
 	  Qemu is a software emulator which among other architectures also