diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4f6da77a6947b00d98b3300e0e21a416d4b0e8c6..2c92f5b3991dd0df8d40b1b264b96b1904619ec5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 Changes since U-Boot 1.1.4:
 ======================================================================
 
+* Fix MIPS LE build problem
+  Patch by Thomas Lange, 10 Aug 2005
+
 * Check argument count in "mii" command.
   Problem pointed out by Andrew Dyer, 13 Jun 2005
 
diff --git a/cpu/mips/config.mk b/cpu/mips/config.mk
index c357615c03314daf80e5afc794f7958bfdb8bbb9..b29986e26b7bac08bb20653a0ac7fc8a2a58577f 100644
--- a/cpu/mips/config.mk
+++ b/cpu/mips/config.mk
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 v=$(shell \
-mips-linux-as --version|grep "GNU assembler"|awk '{print $$3}'|awk -F . '{print $$2}')
+$(CROSS_COMPILE)as --version|grep "GNU assembler"|awk '{print $$3}'|awk -F . '{print $$2}')
 MIPSFLAGS=$(shell \
 if [ "$v" -lt "14" ]; then \
 	echo "-mcpu=4kc"; \