--- a/THANKS	Tue Dec 03 12:38:22 2013 +0100
+++ b/THANKS	Tue Dec 03 13:50:08 2013 +0100
@@ -11,35 +11,36 @@
 Code contributors
 -----------------
 
-* Cyril Paulus (cyril.paulus@student.ulg.ac.be), for the build process
+* Cyril Paulus <cyril.paulus@student.ulg.ac.be>, for the build process
   and suggestions about the REST API.
-* Will Ryder (will.ryder@sydney.edu.au), for improvements with the
+* Will Ryder <will.ryder@sydney.edu.au>, for improvements with the
   handling of series with temporal positions (fMRI and dynamic PET).
-* Ryan Walklin (ryanwalklin@gmail.com), for Mac OS X build.
-* Peter Somlo (peter.somlo@gmail.com), for ClearCanvas and JPEG support.
+* Ryan Walklin <ryanwalklin@gmail.com>, for Mac OS X build.
+* Peter Somlo <peter.somlo@gmail.com>, for ClearCanvas and JPEG support.
 * 12maksqwe@gmail.com, for fixing issue #8.
 * Julien Nabet, for various suggestions to improve the source code.
 
 
+Debian/Ubuntu
+-------------
+
+* Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>, for sponsoring Orthanc.
+* Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>, for help about packaging. 
+* Adam Conrad <adconrad@debian.org>, to improve support of big endianness.
+
+
+Fedora and Red Hat
+------------------
+
+* Mario Ceresa <mrceresa@gmail.com>, for help about packaging.
+
+
 Artwork
 -------
 
 https://code.google.com/p/orthanc/wiki/Logos
 
-* Benjamin Golinvaux (golinvauxb@gmail.com), for creating the official logo.
-* Jean-François Degbomont (jfdegbo@gmail.com), for submitting a logo.
-* Martin Jolly (martin.jolly@gmail.com), for submitting a logo.
-* Philippe Sepers (sepers.philippe@gmail.com), for submitting a logo.
-
-
-Debian
-------
-
-* Mathieu Malaterre (mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com), for sponsoring Orthanc.
-* Andreas Tille (andreas@an3as.eu), for help about packaging. 
-
-
-Fedora and Red Hat
-------------------
-
-* Mario Ceresa (mrceresa@gmail.com), for help about packaging.
+* Benjamin Golinvaux <golinvauxb@gmail.com>, for creating the official logo.
+* Jean-François Degbomont <jfdegbo@gmail.com>, for submitting a logo.
+* Martin Jolly <martin.jolly@gmail.com>, for submitting a logo.
+* Philippe Sepers <sepers.philippe@gmail.com>, for submitting a logo.

--- a/UnitTestsSources/main.cpp	Tue Dec 03 12:38:22 2013 +0100
+++ b/UnitTestsSources/main.cpp	Tue Dec 03 13:50:08 2013 +0100
@@ -522,18 +522,33 @@
 }
 
 
+
+#if defined(__linux)
+#include <endian.h>
+#endif
+
 TEST(Toolbox, Endianness)
 {
-#if defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__)
-  ASSERT_EQ(Endianness_Big, Toolbox::DetectEndianness());
-#endif
+  // Parts of this test come from Adam Conrad
+  // http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=728822#5
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
   ASSERT_EQ(Endianness_Little, Toolbox::DetectEndianness());
+
+#elif defined(__linux)
+
+#if !defined(__BYTE_ORDER)
+#  error Support your platform here
 #endif
 
-#if defined(__amd64__) || defined(__i386__)
+#  if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
+  ASSERT_EQ(Endianness_Big, Toolbox::DetectEndianness());
+#  else // __LITTLE_ENDIAN
   ASSERT_EQ(Endianness_Little, Toolbox::DetectEndianness());
+#  endif
+
+#else
+#error Support your platform here
 #endif
 }