diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/luajit/src/host/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/luajit/src/host/meson.build
index b3e963ef4..2cde6b005 100644
--- a/subprojects/packagefiles/luajit/src/host/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/luajit/src/host/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ else
     hpre = '#include "@0@/../lj_arch.h"'.format(meson.current_source_dir())
 
     checkdefs = [
+        ['LJ_LE', '1', ['-D', 'ENDIAN_LE']],
         ['LJ_ARCH_BITS', '64', ['-D', 'P64']],
         ['LJ_HASJIT', '1', ['-D', 'JIT']],
         ['LJ_HASFFI', '1', ['-D', 'FFI']],