diff --git a/softmmu/meson.build b/softmmu/meson.build
index 1a7c7ac089..b392f0bd35 100644
--- a/softmmu/meson.build
+++ b/softmmu/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SOFTMMU', if_true: [files(
   'ioport.c',
   'memory.c',
   'physmem.c',
-  'qtest.c',
   'dirtylimit.c',
   'watchpoint.c',
 )])
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ softmmu_ss.add(files(
   'globals.c',
   'memory_mapping.c',
   'qdev-monitor.c',
+  'qtest.c',
   'rtc.c',
   'runstate-action.c',
   'runstate-hmp-cmds.c',
diff --git a/softmmu/qtest.c b/softmmu/qtest.c
index 09126df38a..f8d764b719 100644
--- a/softmmu/qtest.c
+++ b/softmmu/qtest.c
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@
 
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qapi/error.h"
-#include "cpu.h"
 #include "sysemu/qtest.h"
 #include "sysemu/runstate.h"
 #include "chardev/char-fe.h"
 #include "exec/ioport.h"
 #include "exec/memory.h"
+#include "exec/tswap.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-core.h"
 #include "hw/irq.h"
 #include "qemu/accel.h"
@@ -717,11 +717,11 @@ static void qtest_process_command(CharBackend *chr, gchar **words)
         qtest_send(chr, "OK\n");
     } else if (strcmp(words[0], "endianness") == 0) {
         qtest_send_prefix(chr);
-#if TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN
-        qtest_sendf(chr, "OK big\n");
-#else
-        qtest_sendf(chr, "OK little\n");
-#endif
+        if (target_words_bigendian()) {
+            qtest_sendf(chr, "OK big\n");
+        } else {
+            qtest_sendf(chr, "OK little\n");
+        }
     } else if (qtest_enabled() && strcmp(words[0], "clock_step") == 0) {
         int64_t ns;