diff --git a/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4_arch.inc b/meta/recipes-qt/qt4/qt4_arch.inc
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+inherit siteinfo
+
+ARM_INSTRUCTION_SET = "arm"
+
+set_arch() {
+   case ${TARGET_ARCH} in
+       aarch64*) QT_ARCH=aarch64 ;;
+       arm*)     QT_ARCH=arm ;;
+       i*86*)    QT_ARCH=i386 ;;
+       mips*)    QT_ARCH=mips ;;
+       powerpc*) QT_ARCH=powerpc ;;
+       x86_64*)  QT_ARCH=x86_64 ;;
+   esac
+}
+
+set_endian() {
+    if [ ${SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS} = "le" ] ; then
+        QT_ENDIAN="-little-endian"
+    elif [ ${SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS} = "be" ] ; then
+        QT_ENDIAN="-big-endian"
+    fi
+}