diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9441ca7..8ace05a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ set(ALL_SRC_FILES  ${ALL_SRC_FILES})
 # Find bit size of the target architecture
 math(EXPR GMIO_TARGET_ARCH_BIT_SIZE "8 * ${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P}")
 
+# Test if host's architecture is big-endian
+include(TestBigEndian)
+test_big_endian(GMIO_HOST_IS_BIG_ENDIAN)
+
+# Find available C99 features
 if(NOT BUILD_STRICT_C90)
     # Have <stdint.h> ?
     check_include_files(stdint.h GMIO_HAVE_STDINT_H)
diff --git a/src/gmio_core/config.h.cmake b/src/gmio_core/config.h.cmake
index d269156..6e65221 100644
--- a/src/gmio_core/config.h.cmake
+++ b/src/gmio_core/config.h.cmake
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 #cmakedefine GMIO_HAVE_MSVC_BUILTIN_BSWAP_FUNC
 
+#cmakedefine GMIO_HOST_IS_BIG_ENDIAN
+
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
 #  if defined(__i386__) || defined(__ppc__)
 #    define GMIO_TARGET_ARCH_BIT_SIZE  32
diff --git a/src/gmio_core/endian.h b/src/gmio_core/endian.h
index 08a79ce..95a5d7c 100644
--- a/src/gmio_core/endian.h
+++ b/src/gmio_core/endian.h
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ enum gmio_endianness
 
 typedef enum gmio_endianness gmio_endianness_t;
 
+enum {
+#ifdef GMIO_HOST_IS_BIG_ENDIAN
+    GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS = GMIO_BIG_ENDIAN
+#else
+    GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS = GMIO_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#endif
+};
+
 GMIO_C_LINKAGE_BEGIN
 
 /*! Returns endianness (byte order) of the host's CPU architecture */
diff --git a/src/gmio_stl/stlb_read.c b/src/gmio_stl/stlb_read.c
index 9c1cc29..6d43366 100644
--- a/src/gmio_stl/stlb_read.c
+++ b/src/gmio_stl/stlb_read.c
@@ -72,10 +72,8 @@ int gmio_stlb_read(
         const gmio_stlb_read_options_t* options)
 {
     /* Constants */
-    const gmio_endianness_t host_byte_order =
-            gmio_host_endianness();
     const gmio_endianness_t byte_order =
-            options != NULL ? options->byte_order : host_byte_order;
+            options != NULL ? options->byte_order : GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS;
     const uint32_t max_facet_count_per_read =
             trsf != NULL ?
                 gmio_size_to_uint32(
@@ -92,7 +90,7 @@ int gmio_stlb_read(
         return error;
 
     /* Initialize rparams */
-    if (host_byte_order != byte_order)
+    if (byte_order != GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS)
         rparams.fix_endian_func = gmio_stl_triangle_bswap;
 
     /* Read header */
@@ -107,7 +105,7 @@ int gmio_stlb_read(
         return GMIO_STLB_READ_FACET_COUNT_ERROR;
 
     memcpy(&total_facet_count, trsf->buffer, sizeof(uint32_t));
-    if (host_byte_order != byte_order)
+    if (byte_order != GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS)
         total_facet_count = gmio_uint32_bswap(total_facet_count);
 
     /* Callback to notify triangle count and header data */
diff --git a/src/gmio_stl/stlb_write.c b/src/gmio_stl/stlb_write.c
index ec154d0..5ffbb68 100644
--- a/src/gmio_stl/stlb_write.c
+++ b/src/gmio_stl/stlb_write.c
@@ -73,10 +73,8 @@ int gmio_stlb_write(
         const gmio_stlb_write_options_t* options)
 {
     /* Constants */
-    const gmio_endianness_t host_byte_order =
-            gmio_host_endianness();
     const gmio_endianness_t byte_order =
-            options != NULL ? options->byte_order : host_byte_order;
+            options != NULL ? options->byte_order : GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS;
     const uint8_t* header_data =
             options != NULL ? options->header_data : NULL;
     const uint32_t facet_count =
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ int gmio_stlb_write(
         return error;
 
     /* Initialize wparams */
-    if (host_byte_order != byte_order)
+    if (byte_order != GMIO_HOST_ENDIANNESS)
         wparams.fix_endian_func = gmio_stl_triangle_bswap;
     wparams.facet_count = gmio_size_to_uint32(
                 trsf->buffer_size / GMIO_STLB_TRIANGLE_RAWSIZE);