diff --git a/ChangeLog.eet b/ChangeLog.eet
index cc26e44429..1f29bdac31 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.eet
+++ b/ChangeLog.eet
@@ -627,3 +627,7 @@
 2012-08-30  Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
 
         1.7.0 release
+
+2012-09-21  Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
+
+        * Fix big endian bug with eet image handling and endianess swapping.
diff --git a/NEWS.eet b/NEWS.eet
index 9555bc938c..fdd882d9d9 100644
--- a/NEWS.eet
+++ b/NEWS.eet
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-Eet 1.7.0
+Eet 1.7.1
+
+Changes since Eet 1.7.0:
+--------------------------
+
+Fixes:
+    * Fix PPC (big endian) image codec bug.
 
 Changes since Eet 1.6.0:
 --------------------------
diff --git a/src/lib/eet/eet_image.c b/src/lib/eet/eet_image.c
index 00acda8d2b..7116a3cd33 100644
--- a/src/lib/eet/eet_image.c
+++ b/src/lib/eet/eet_image.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ eet_data_image_lossless_compressed_convert(int         *size,
         {
            unsigned int i;
            
-           for (i = 0; i < ((w * h) + 8); i++) SWAP32(header[i]);
+           for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) SWAP32(header[i]);
         }
 
       memcpy(d + (8 * sizeof(int)), comp, buflen);