diff --git a/configs/targets/alpha-linux-user.mak b/configs/targets/alpha-linux-user.mak
index aa25766236..ee505e16ef 100644
--- a/configs/targets/alpha-linux-user.mak
+++ b/configs/targets/alpha-linux-user.mak
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ TARGET_SYSTBL_ABI=common
 TARGET_SYSTBL=syscall.tbl
 TARGET_LONG_BITS=64
 TARGET_XML_FILES= gdb-xml/alpha-core.xml
+TARGET_NOT_USING_LEGACY_NATIVE_ENDIAN_API=y
diff --git a/configs/targets/alpha-softmmu.mak b/configs/targets/alpha-softmmu.mak
index e31f059a52..22fbbf0cb0 100644
--- a/configs/targets/alpha-softmmu.mak
+++ b/configs/targets/alpha-softmmu.mak
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 TARGET_ARCH=alpha
 TARGET_LONG_BITS=64
 TARGET_XML_FILES= gdb-xml/alpha-core.xml
+TARGET_NOT_USING_LEGACY_NATIVE_ENDIAN_API=y