diff --git a/protocol.c b/protocol.c
index ebf8d28f..d7ee44ab 100644
--- a/protocol.c
+++ b/protocol.c
@@ -631,6 +631,10 @@ int uwsgi_get_dgram(int fd, struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req) {
 	uh = (struct uwsgi_header *) buffer;
 
 	wsgi_req->uh.modifier1 = uh->modifier1;
+	/* big endian ? */
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
+	uh->pktsize = uwsgi_swap16(uh->pktsize);
+#endif
 	wsgi_req->uh.pktsize = uh->pktsize;
 	wsgi_req->uh.modifier2 = uh->modifier2;
 
@@ -686,6 +690,11 @@ int uwsgi_hooked_parse_dict_dgram(int fd, char *buffer, size_t len, uint8_t modi
 
         ptrbuf = buffer + 4;
 
+	/* big endian ? */
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
+	uh->pktsize = uwsgi_swap16(uh->pktsize);
+#endif
+
 	if (uh->pktsize > len) {
 		uwsgi_log("* WARNING * the uwsgi dictionary received is too big, data will be truncated\n");
 		bufferend = ptrbuf + len;