diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index aa83d2a1..e080825a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ What's New for OpenJPEG
 ! : changed
 + : added
 
+January 16, 2001
+* [antonin] convert.c: inclusion of endian.h has to be different on APPLE platforms
+
 January 13, 2001
 + [rdieter] add pkg-config support to cmake
 ! [rdieter] adjust autotools pkg-config support to match
diff --git a/codec/convert.c b/codec/convert.c
index e336f98f..088a5c58 100644
--- a/codec/convert.c
+++ b/codec/convert.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #define BYTE_ORDER LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#elif __APPLE__
+#include <machine/endian.h>
 #else
 #include <endian.h>
 #endif