diff --git a/module/system/base/target.scm b/module/system/base/target.scm
index c74ae679d..cefa951a3 100644
--- a/module/system/base/target.scm
+++ b/module/system/base/target.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; Compilation targets
 
-;; Copyright (C) 2011, 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
              (endianness big))
             ((string-match "^arm.*el" cpu)
              (endianness little))
+            ((string=? "arm" cpu)                ;ARMs are LE by default
+             (endianness little))
             (else
              (error "unknown CPU endianness" cpu)))))
 
diff --git a/test-suite/tests/asm-to-bytecode.test b/test-suite/tests/asm-to-bytecode.test
index 6d2f20e02..62ea0ed9e 100644
--- a/test-suite/tests/asm-to-bytecode.test
+++ b/test-suite/tests/asm-to-bytecode.test
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;;; Assembly to bytecode compilation -*- mode: scheme; coding: utf-8; -*-
 ;;;;
-;;;; 	Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;;; 	Copyright (C) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 ;;;;
 ;;;; This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 ;;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@
   (test-target "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnux32"      ; x32 ABI (Debian tuplet)
                (endianness little) 4)
 
+  (test-target "arm-unknown-linux-androideabi"
+               (endianness little) 4)
+
   (pass-if-exception "unknown target"
     exception:miscellaneous-error
     (call-with-values (lambda ()