diff --git a/dist/buildmk b/dist/buildmk
index 379e9dc1..07b223ac 100755
--- a/dist/buildmk
+++ b/dist/buildmk
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ OBJTYPE=`(uname -m -p 2>/dev/null || uname -m) | sed '
 	s;.*PowerMacintosh.*;power;g;
 	s;.*Power.Macintosh.*;power;g;
 	s;.*macppc.*;power;g;
+	s;.*mips.*;mips;g;
 	s;.*ppc64.*;power;g;
 	s;.*ppc.*;power;g;
 	s;.*alpha.*;alpha;g;
diff --git a/src/lib9/getcallerpc-mips.c b/src/lib9/getcallerpc-mips.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bb4a955
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib9/getcallerpc-mips.c
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#include <lib9.h>
+
+ulong
+getcallerpc(void *x)
+{
+	return ((ulong*)x)[-2];
+}
+
diff --git a/src/libmp/mips/mkfile b/src/libmp/mips/mkfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43a4662b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libmp/mips/mkfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+all:
+
+%:V:
+	# nothing to see here
diff --git a/src/libsec/mips/mkfile b/src/libsec/mips/mkfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43a4662b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libsec/mips/mkfile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+all:
+
+%:V:
+	# nothing to see here
diff --git a/src/mkhdr b/src/mkhdr
index c03ec52f..8d062ec0 100644
--- a/src/mkhdr
+++ b/src/mkhdr
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ OBJTYPE=`(uname -m -p 2>/dev/null || uname -m) | sed '
 	s;.*PowerMacintosh.*;power;g;
 	s;.*Power.Macintosh.*;power;g;
 	s;.*macppc.*;power;g;
+	s;.*mips.*;mips;g;
 	s;.*ppc64.*;power;g;
 	s;.*ppc.*;power;g;
 	s;.*alpha.*;alpha;g;