diff --git a/include/xorg-server.h.in b/include/xorg-server.h.in
index 09b79b6e3..4cb94875c 100644
--- a/include/xorg-server.h.in
+++ b/include/xorg-server.h.in
@@ -231,4 +231,7 @@
 /* Ask fontsproto to make font path element names const */
 #define FONT_PATH_ELEMENT_NAME_CONST    1
 
+/* byte order */
+#undef X_BYTE_ORDER
+
 #endif /* _XORG_SERVER_H_ */