diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5a02e65cc..dbe0c4e73 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-03  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* po/Makefile.in.in: Make msgfmt output in little-endian in accordance
+	with GRUB expectance.
+
 2012-05-03  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* util/grub-fstest.c (cmd_cmp): Compare directories recursively.
diff --git a/po/Makefile.in.in b/po/Makefile.in.in
index 9e549917a..83a3220d6 100644
--- a/po/Makefile.in.in
+++ b/po/Makefile.in.in
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ CATALOGS = @CATALOGS@
 
 .po.mo:
 	@echo "$(MSGFMT) -c -o $@ $<"; \
-	$(MSGFMT) -c -o t-$@ $< && mv t-$@ $@
+	$(MSGFMT) --endianness=little -c -o t-$@ $< && mv t-$@ $@
 
 .po.gmo:
 	@lang=`echo $* | sed -e 's,.*/,,'`; \
 	test "$(srcdir)" = . && cdcmd="" || cdcmd="cd $(srcdir) && "; \
-	echo "$${cdcmd}rm -f $${lang}.gmo && $(GMSGFMT) -c --statistics --verbose -o $${lang}.gmo $${lang}.po"; \
-	cd $(srcdir) && rm -f $${lang}.gmo && $(GMSGFMT) -c --statistics --verbose -o t-$${lang}.gmo $${lang}.po && mv t-$${lang}.gmo $${lang}.gmo
+	echo "$${cdcmd}rm -f $${lang}.gmo && $(GMSGFMT) --endianness=little -c --statistics --verbose -o $${lang}.gmo $${lang}.po"; \
+	cd $(srcdir) && rm -f $${lang}.gmo && $(GMSGFMT) --endianness=little -c --statistics --verbose -o t-$${lang}.gmo $${lang}.po && mv t-$${lang}.gmo $${lang}.gmo
 
 .sin.sed:
 	sed -e '/^#/d' $< > t-$@