diff --git a/include/alsa-symbols.h b/include/alsa-symbols.h
index 900d9e6f..6f10ebed 100644
--- a/include/alsa-symbols.h
+++ b/include/alsa-symbols.h
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 	__asm__ (".set " #name "," #real);		\
 	__asm__ (".set ." #name ",." #real)
 #else
-#ifdef __alpha__
+#if defined(__alpha__) || defined(__mips__)
 #define use_default_symbol_version(real, name, version) \
         __asm__ (".weak " #name); \
         __asm__ (#name " = " #real)