diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index fab81a413c..8acf72ebb9 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2137.	[port]		Mips little endian and/or mips 64 bit are now
+			supported for atomic operations. [RT#16653]
+
 2136.	[bug]		nslookup/host looped if there was no search list
 			and the host didn't exist. [RT #16657]
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b7bbe3bbaa..ec1c3f64f4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 # OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
 # PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 #
-# $Id: configure,v 1.414 2007/02/12 00:50:01 marka Exp $
+# $Id: configure,v 1.415 2007/02/14 23:28:17 marka Exp $
 #
 # Portions Copyright (C) 1996-2001  Nominum, Inc.
 #
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
 # ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT
 # OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.427 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.428 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59.
 #
@@ -28433,7 +28433,7 @@ fi
 	powerpc-*)
 		arch=powerpc
 	;;
-	mips-*)
+	mips-*|mipsel-*|mips64-*|mips64el-*)
 		arch=mips
 	;;
 	ia64-*)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6e28f9843a..fa57cbf533 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AC_DIVERT_PUSH(1)dnl
 esyscmd([sed "s/^/# /" COPYRIGHT])dnl
 AC_DIVERT_POP()dnl
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.427 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.428 $)
 
 AC_INIT(lib/dns/name.c)
 AC_PREREQ(2.59)
@@ -2113,7 +2113,7 @@ main() {
 	powerpc-*)
 		arch=powerpc
 	;;
-	mips-*)
+	mips-*|mipsel-*|mips64-*|mips64el-*)
 		arch=mips
 	;;
 	ia64-*)