diff --git a/lib/base.h b/lib/base.h
index 22d9a11..02663c2 100644
--- a/lib/base.h
+++ b/lib/base.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ typedef enum
 
 // Macro to determine little endian
 #ifndef LITTLE_ENDIAN
-static const int __i = 1;
+static const hword_t __i = 0xFFFF0000;
 #define LITTLE_ENDIAN ((*((byte_t *)&__i)) == 0)
 #endif