diff --git a/md5.c b/md5.c
index d675dd1c022..fdb166a1188 100644
--- a/md5.c
+++ b/md5.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
+#include "endianness.h"
 #include "md5.h"
 
 #ifndef __OS_solaris
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ MD5Transform(u_int32_t state[4], const u_int8_t block[MD5_BLOCK_LENGTH])
 {
 	u_int32_t a, b, c, d, in[MD5_BLOCK_LENGTH / 4];
 
-#ifndef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+#ifndef __IS_BIG_ENDIAN
 	memcpy(in, block, sizeof(in));
 #else
 	for (a = 0; a < MD5_BLOCK_LENGTH / 4; a++) {