diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c482427e..f7c13895 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ src/libespeak.so.*
 
 # programs:
 
+platforms/*/espeak-phoneme-data
 src/espeak
 src/espeakedit
 src/speak
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5ef1b060..f9976173 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-all: espeak espeakedit
+PLATFORM=big_endian
+
+all: espeak espeakedit espeak-phoneme-data
 
 espeak:
 	cd src && make && cd ..
@@ -6,6 +8,9 @@ espeak:
 espeakedit:
 	cd src && make -f Makefile.espeakedit && cd ..
 
+espeak-phoneme-data:
+	cd platforms/${PLATFORM} && make && cd ../..
+
 clean:
 	cd src && rm -f *.o *~ && cd ..