diff -r c3874aa1f2d1 include/SDL_pixels.h
--- a/include/SDL_pixels.h	Sat Oct 08 11:30:07 2016 -0700
+++ b/include/SDL_pixels.h	Sun Oct 09 02:17:02 2016 +0200
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #define _SDL_pixels_h
 
 #include "SDL_stdinc.h"
+#include "SDL_endian.h"
 
 #include "begin_code.h"
 /* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
@@ -260,6 +261,26 @@
         SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFORMAT(SDL_PIXELTYPE_PACKED32, SDL_PACKEDORDER_ARGB,
                                SDL_PACKEDLAYOUT_2101010, 32, 4),
 
+#if SDL_BYTEORDER == SDL_BIG_ENDIAN
+    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA32 = /**< endianess-specific alias for byte-wise 32bit RGBA data */
+        SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8888,
+    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB32 = /**< endianess-specific alias for byte-wise 32bit ARGB data */
+        SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888,
+    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA32 = /**< endianess-specific alias for byte-wise 32bit BGRA data */
+        SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA8888,
+    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR32 = /**< endianess-specific alias for byte-wise 32bit ABGR data */
+        SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR8888,
+#else
+    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA32 = /**< endianess-specific alias for byte-wise 32bit RGBA data */
+        SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR8888,
+    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB32 = /**< endianess-specific alias for byte-wise 32bit ARGB data */
+        SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA8888,
+    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGRA32 = /**< endianess-specific alias for byte-wise 32bit BGRA data */
+        SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888,
+    SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ABGR32 = /**< endianess-specific alias for byte-wise 32bit ABGR data */
+        SDL_PIXELFORMAT_RGBA8888,
+#endif
+
     SDL_PIXELFORMAT_YV12 =      /**< Planar mode: Y + V + U  (3 planes) */
         SDL_DEFINE_PIXELFOURCC('Y', 'V', '1', '2'),
     SDL_PIXELFORMAT_IYUV =      /**< Planar mode: Y + U + V  (3 planes) */