diff --git a/legacy/embryo/configure.in b/legacy/embryo/configure.in
index a309e7e39b..e015b69fb8 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/configure.in
+++ b/legacy/embryo/configure.in
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ AC_ISC_POSIX
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(embryo, 0.0.1)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
+AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_STDC
 AC_HEADER_STDC
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/Makefile.am b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/Makefile.am
index 0112254d76..370edb6672 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/Makefile.am
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
 
-INCLUDES = -DLINUX -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib
+INCLUDES = -DLINUX -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_builddir)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = embryo embryo_cc
 
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_amx.h b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_amx.h
index 37b2ace394..db11d521df 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_amx.h
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_amx.h
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
  */
 
 #if defined LINUX
-  #include <embryo_cc_sclinux.h>
+  #include "embryo_cc_osdefs.h"
+  #include "embryo_cc_sclinux.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifndef __AMX_H
@@ -32,19 +33,12 @@
   /* The ISO C99 defines the int16_t and int_32t types. If the compiler got
    * here, these types are probably undefined.
    */
-  #if defined __LCC__ || defined LINUX
-    #include <stdint.h>
-  #else
-    typedef short int           int16_t;
-    typedef unsigned short int  uint16_t;
-    #if defined SN_TARGET_PS2
-      typedef int               int32_t;
-      typedef unsigned int      uint32_t;
-    #else
-      typedef long int          int32_t;
-      typedef unsigned long int uint32_t;
-    #endif
-  #endif
+# ifndef __uint32_t_defined
+typedef short int           int16_t;
+typedef unsigned short int  uint16_t;
+typedef int                 int32_t;
+typedef unsigned int        uint32_t;
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #if defined __WIN32__ || defined _WIN32 || defined WIN32 || defined __MSDOS__
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_osdefs.h b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_osdefs.h
index 8eb99f8cac..8b87e0acc5 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_osdefs.h
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_osdefs.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined LINUX
-  #include <endian.h>
+  #include "config.h"
 #endif
 
 /* Linux NOW has these */
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
 #endif
 
 /* educated guess, BYTE_ORDER is undefined, i386 is common => little endian */
-#if !defined BYTE_ORDER
-  #if defined UCLINUX
-    #define BYTE_ORDER BIG_ENDIAN
-  #else
-    #define BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN
-  #endif
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+# undef BYTE_ORDER
+# define BYTE_ORDER BIG_ENDIAN
+#else
+# undef BYTE_ORDER
+# define BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN
 #endif
 
 /* _MAX_PATH is sometimes called differently and it may be in limits.h instead
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc1.c b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc1.c
index 1bb7541ee1..b7746e57b4 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc1.c
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc1.c
@@ -37,10 +37,8 @@
 
 #if defined LINUX
   #include <unistd.h>
+  #include "embryo_cc_osdefs.h"
   #include <embryo_cc_sclinux.h>
-//
-  #include "config.h"
-//
 #endif
 
 #if defined FORTIFY
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc2.c b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc2.c
index f0da7495c3..c04f90f457 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc2.c
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc2.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <math.h>
+#include "embryo_cc_osdefs.h"
 #include "embryo_cc_sc.h"
 #if defined LINUX
   #include <embryo_cc_sclinux.h>
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc6.c b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc6.c
index 44381f45c1..14d9eed9e8 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc6.c
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sc6.c
@@ -26,10 +26,11 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
 #if defined LINUX
-  #include <embryo_cc_sclinux.h>
+# include "embryo_cc_osdefs.h"
+# include <embryo_cc_sclinux.h>
 #endif
 #if defined FORTIFY
-  #include "fortify.h"
+# include "fortify.h"
 #endif
 #include "embryo_cc_sc.h"
 
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sclinux.h b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sclinux.h
index aeed6b9687..3346c30224 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sclinux.h
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_sclinux.h
@@ -16,6 +16,27 @@
  * So we stick to getchar at the moment... (one needs to key ctrl-d to terminate input if getch is called with a controlling
  * terminal driven by a tty having -raw)
  */
+#if defined LINUX
+  #include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+/* Linux NOW has these */
+#if !defined BIG_ENDIAN
+  #define BIG_ENDIAN    4321
+#endif
+#if !defined LITTLE_ENDIAN
+  #define LITTLE_ENDIAN 1234
+#endif
+
+/* educated guess, BYTE_ORDER is undefined, i386 is common => little endian */
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+# undef BYTE_ORDER
+# define BYTE_ORDER BIG_ENDIAN
+#else
+# undef BYTE_ORDER
+# define BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#endif
+
 #define getch           getchar
 #define	stricmp(a,b)    strcasecmp(a,b)
 #define	strnicmp(a,b,c) strncasecmp(a,b,c)
@@ -35,9 +56,13 @@
 # include <stdlib.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined __OpenBSD__
+#ifndef __BYTE_ORDER
 # define __BYTE_ORDER    BYTE_ORDER
+#endif
+#ifndef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
 # define __LITTLE_ENDIAN LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#endif
+#ifndef __BIG_ENDIAN
 # define __BIG_ENDIAN    BIG_ENDIAN
 #endif
 
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_main.c b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_main.c
index cb7d9ca22c..ba85a964fa 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_main.c
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_main.c
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ main(int argc,char *argv[])
      {
 	for (i = args; i < argc; i++)
 	  {
-	     printf("%i\n", i);
 	     if (argv[i][0] == 's')
 		  embryo_parameter_string_push(ep, argv[i] + 1);
 	     else if (argv[i][0] == 'i')
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/lib/Makefile.am b/legacy/embryo/src/lib/Makefile.am
index 40aef0e4d9..439d1965d1 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
 
 LDFLAGS		     = 
 INCLUDES	     = -I. \
+		       -I$(top_srcdir) \
+		       -I$(top_builddir) \
                        -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib \
 		       -I$(top_srcdir)/src/lib/include 
 					      
diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/lib/embryo_private.h b/legacy/embryo/src/lib/embryo_private.h
index f6bf9610d5..6b46947994 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/lib/embryo_private.h
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/lib/embryo_private.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define _EMBRYO_PRIVATE_H
 
 #include "Embryo.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>