diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index d3050af1..85d37e91 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -285,3 +285,6 @@ Gerald Raaf <graaf@attglobal.net>
 
 Andreas Roedl <flood@flood-net.de>
  for adding some DVB-T channels for Berlin (Germany) to channels.conf.terr
+
+Jean Martin <mac_j_fr@hotmail.com>
+ for pointing out a problem with OSD color palette handling on "big endian" systems
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index c6da6166..483170bb 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1191,9 +1191,11 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   same name was manually deleted on a system with more than one video directory
   (thanks to Dirk Wiebel for reporting this one).
 
-2002-04-12: Version 1.0.1
+2002-04-13: Version 1.0.1
 
 - Added some DVB-T channels for Berlin (Germany) to channels.conf.terr (thanks to
   Andreas Roedl).
 - Implemented enhanced string editing with upper-/lowercase, insert/overwrite
   and delete (thanks to Sergei Haller).
+- Fixed color palette handling on "big endian" systems (thanks to Jean Martin
+  for pointing out this one).
diff --git a/dvbosd.c b/dvbosd.c
index c3484300..eb962613 100644
--- a/dvbosd.c
+++ b/dvbosd.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: dvbosd.c 1.12 2002/01/13 16:25:18 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: dvbosd.c 1.13 2002/04/13 11:34:48 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "dvbosd.h"
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ cPalette::cPalette(int Bpp)
 
 int cPalette::Index(eDvbColor Color)
 {
+#if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
+  Color = eDvbColor(((Color & 0xFF) << 24) | ((Color & 0xFF00) << 8) | ((Color & 0xFF0000) >> 8) | ((Color & 0xFF000000) >> 24));
+#endif
   for (int i = 0; i < numColors; i++) {
       if (color[i] == Color) {
          used[i] = true;