diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d85f00759..9641e2ad8 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ver 0.18.2 (2013/??/??)
 * decoder:
   - dsf: enable DSD128
 * fix build failures due to missing includes
+* fix big-endian support
 
 ver 0.18.1 (2013/11/04)
 * protocol:
diff --git a/src/system/ByteOrder.hxx b/src/system/ByteOrder.hxx
index a070cd5d0..622003254 100644
--- a/src/system/ByteOrder.hxx
+++ b/src/system/ByteOrder.hxx
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 #define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN true
 #define IS_BIG_ENDIAN false
 #else
-#define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN true
-#define IS_BIG_ENDIAN false;
+#define IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN false
+#define IS_BIG_ENDIAN true
 #endif
 
 static inline constexpr bool