Index: src/main.c
==================================================================
--- src/main.c
+++ src/main.c
@@ -3202,10 +3202,26 @@
     case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_ALWAYS: {
       int x = va_arg(ap,int);
       rc = ALWAYS(x);
       break;
     }
+
+    /*
+    **   sqlite3_test_control(SQLITE_TESTCTRL_BYTEORDER);
+    **
+    ** The integer returned reveals the byte-order of the computer on which
+    ** SQLite is running:
+    **
+    **       1     big-endian,    determined at run-time
+    **      10     little-endian, determined at run-time
+    **  432101     big-endian,    determined at compile-time
+    **  123410     little-endian, determined at compile-time
+    */ 
+    case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_BYTEORDER: {
+      rc = SQLITE_BYTEORDER*100 + SQLITE_LITTLEENDIAN*10 + SQLITE_BIGENDIAN;
+      break;
+    }
 
     /*   sqlite3_test_control(SQLITE_TESTCTRL_RESERVE, sqlite3 *db, int N)
     **
     ** Set the nReserve size to N for the main database on the database
     ** connection db.

Index: src/shell.c
==================================================================
--- src/shell.c
+++ src/shell.c
@@ -3025,10 +3025,11 @@
       { "always",                SQLITE_TESTCTRL_ALWAYS                 },
       { "reserve",               SQLITE_TESTCTRL_RESERVE                },
       { "optimizations",         SQLITE_TESTCTRL_OPTIMIZATIONS          },
       { "iskeyword",             SQLITE_TESTCTRL_ISKEYWORD              },
       { "scratchmalloc",         SQLITE_TESTCTRL_SCRATCHMALLOC          },
+      { "byteorder",             SQLITE_TESTCTRL_BYTEORDER              },
     };
     int testctrl = -1;
     int rc = 0;
     int i, n;
     open_db(p, 0);
@@ -3065,13 +3066,14 @@
                     azArg[1]);
           }
           break;
 
         /* sqlite3_test_control(int) */
-        case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_PRNG_SAVE:           
-        case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_PRNG_RESTORE:        
+        case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_PRNG_SAVE:
+        case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_PRNG_RESTORE:
         case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_PRNG_RESET:
+        case SQLITE_TESTCTRL_BYTEORDER:
           if( nArg==2 ){
             rc = sqlite3_test_control(testctrl);
             fprintf(p->out, "%d (0x%08x)\n", rc, rc);
           } else {
             fprintf(stderr,"Error: testctrl %s takes no options\n", azArg[1]);

Index: src/sqlite.h.in
==================================================================
--- src/sqlite.h.in
+++ src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -6116,11 +6116,12 @@
 #define SQLITE_TESTCTRL_SCRATCHMALLOC           17
 #define SQLITE_TESTCTRL_LOCALTIME_FAULT         18
 #define SQLITE_TESTCTRL_EXPLAIN_STMT            19
 #define SQLITE_TESTCTRL_NEVER_CORRUPT           20
 #define SQLITE_TESTCTRL_VDBE_COVERAGE           21
-#define SQLITE_TESTCTRL_LAST                    21
+#define SQLITE_TESTCTRL_BYTEORDER               22
+#define SQLITE_TESTCTRL_LAST                    22
 
 /*
 ** CAPI3REF: SQLite Runtime Status
 **
 ** ^This interface is used to retrieve runtime status information

Index: src/sqliteInt.h
==================================================================
--- src/sqliteInt.h
+++ src/sqliteInt.h
@@ -551,19 +551,22 @@
 #ifdef SQLITE_AMALGAMATION
 const int sqlite3one = 1;
 #else
 extern const int sqlite3one;
 #endif
-#if defined(i386) || defined(__i386__) || defined(_M_IX86)\
-                             || defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__)
+#if   defined(i386)     || defined(__i386__)   || defined(_M_IX86)     \
+   || defined(__x86_64) || defined(__x86_64__) || defined(_M_X64)      \
+   || defined(_M_AMD64) || defined(_M_ARM)     || defined(__x86)
+# define SQLITE_BYTEORDER    1234
 # define SQLITE_BIGENDIAN    0
 # define SQLITE_LITTLEENDIAN 1
 # define SQLITE_UTF16NATIVE  SQLITE_UTF16LE
 #else
+# define SQLITE_BYTEORDER    0     /* 0 means "unknown at compile-time" */
 # define SQLITE_BIGENDIAN    (*(char *)(&sqlite3one)==0)
 # define SQLITE_LITTLEENDIAN (*(char *)(&sqlite3one)==1)
-# define SQLITE_UTF16NATIVE (SQLITE_BIGENDIAN?SQLITE_UTF16BE:SQLITE_UTF16LE)
+# define SQLITE_UTF16NATIVE  (SQLITE_BIGENDIAN?SQLITE_UTF16BE:SQLITE_UTF16LE)
 #endif
 
 /*
 ** Constants for the largest and smallest possible 64-bit signed integers.
 ** These macros are designed to work correctly on both 32-bit and 64-bit