diff --git a/src/_premake_init.lua b/src/_premake_init.lua
index 3fc1ae8153..adb7a81c17 100644
--- a/src/_premake_init.lua
+++ b/src/_premake_init.lua
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 			p.PPC64,
 			p.WASM32,
 			p.WASM64,
-			p.E2K
+			p.E2K,
+			p.MIPS64EL
 		},
 		aliases = {
 			i386  = p.X86,
diff --git a/src/base/_foundation.lua b/src/base/_foundation.lua
index b1e6b051ce..3b14a5b287 100644
--- a/src/base/_foundation.lua
+++ b/src/base/_foundation.lua
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 	premake.WASM32 = "wasm32"
 	premake.WASM64 = "wasm64"
 	premake.E2K = "e2k"
+	premake.MIPS64EL = "mips64el"
 
 
 ---
diff --git a/src/host/premake.h b/src/host/premake.h
index a68518c9a4..12a84665b0 100644
--- a/src/host/premake.h
+++ b/src/host/premake.h
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
 #define PLATFORM_ARCHITECTURE "ppc64"
 #elif defined(__ppc__) || defined(__powerpc__)
 #define PLATFORM_ARCHITECTURE "ppc"
+#elif (defined(__mips) && defined (_ABI64) && \
+       defined(__BYTE_ORDER__) && defined(__ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__) && \
+       (__BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__))
+#define PLATFORM_ARCHITECTURE "mips64el"
 #elif !defined(RC_INVOKED)
 #error Unknown architecture detected
 #endif
diff --git a/website/docs/architecture.md b/website/docs/architecture.md
index e4e1a7e731..fe990c41ff 100644
--- a/website/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/website/docs/architecture.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ architecture ("value")
 * `wasm32`,
 * `wasm64`,
 * `e2k`,
+* `mips64el`,
 * `armv5`: Only supported in VSAndroid projects
 * `armv7`: Only supported in VSAndroid projects
 * `aarch64`: Only supported in VSAndroid projects