diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index ef5a89c..1aac935 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -111,15 +111,16 @@ shellinaboxd_LDADD   = liblogging.la                                          \
 shellinaboxd_LDFLAGS = -static
 
 objcopyflags         = case "$(host_cpu)" in                                  \
-                         i[0-9]86) echo '-O elf32-i386 -B i386';;             \
-                         x86_64)   echo '-O elf64-x86-64 -B i386:x86-64';;    \
-                         *)        trap 'rm -f /tmp/probe$$$$.o' EXIT;        \
-                                   $(CC) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -xc        \
-                                         -o /tmp/probe$$$$.o /dev/null &&     \
-                                   objdump -f /tmp/probe$$$$.o |              \
-                                   sed -e 's/.*file format */-O /;t;          \
-                                        s/architecture: *\([^,]*\).*/-B \1/;t;\
-                                        d';;                                  \
+                         i[0-9]86)echo '-O elf32-i386 -B i386';;              \
+                         x86_64)  echo '-O elf64-x86-64 -B i386:x86-64';;     \
+                         mips*)   echo '-O elf32-tradlittlemips -B mips:isa32'\
+                         *)       trap 'rm -f /tmp/probe$$$$.o' EXIT;         \
+                                  $(CC) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -xc         \
+                                        -o /tmp/probe$$$$.o /dev/null &&      \
+                                  objdump -f /tmp/probe$$$$.o |               \
+                                  sed -e 's/.*file format */-O /;t;           \
+                                       s/architecture: *\([^,]*\).*/-B \1/;t; \
+                                       d';;                                   \
                        esac
 
 renamesymbols        =                                                        \
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 5620d3e..6630572 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -373,15 +373,16 @@ shellinaboxd_LDADD = liblogging.la                                          \
 
 shellinaboxd_LDFLAGS = -static
 objcopyflags = case "$(host_cpu)" in                                  \
-                         i[0-9]86) echo '-O elf32-i386 -B i386';;             \
-                         x86_64)   echo '-O elf64-x86-64 -B i386:x86-64';;    \
-                         *)        trap 'rm -f /tmp/probe$$$$.o' EXIT;        \
-                                   $(CC) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -xc        \
-                                         -o /tmp/probe$$$$.o /dev/null &&     \
-                                   objdump -f /tmp/probe$$$$.o |              \
-                                   sed -e 's/.*file format */-O /;t;          \
-                                        s/architecture: *\([^,]*\).*/-B \1/;t;\
-                                        d';;                                  \
+                         i[0-9]86)echo '-O elf32-i386 -B i386';;              \
+                         x86_64)  echo '-O elf64-x86-64 -B i386:x86-64';;     \
+                         mips*)   echo '-O elf32-tradlittlemips -B mips:isa32'\
+                         *)       trap 'rm -f /tmp/probe$$$$.o' EXIT;         \
+                                  $(CC) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -c -xc         \
+                                        -o /tmp/probe$$$$.o /dev/null &&      \
+                                  objdump -f /tmp/probe$$$$.o |               \
+                                  sed -e 's/.*file format */-O /;t;           \
+                                       s/architecture: *\([^,]*\).*/-B \1/;t; \
+                                       d';;                                   \
                        esac
 
 renamesymbols = \