diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 0800c1f7f..3fed3d03e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 	#3343: Add file:// download SITE_METHOD
 	#3391: Add support for specifying an external kernel tree
 	#3631: Error while compiling with Xorg
+	#3709: oprofile doesn't build for mipsel
 	#3925: midori not getting compile
 	#4045: Add support for downloading i386 toolchains from codesourcery
 	#4165: lrzsz-fix-symlink-at-rebuild.patch
diff --git a/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk b/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
index 734839f24..5da794bad 100644
--- a/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
+++ b/package/oprofile/oprofile.mk
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ OPROFILE_BINARIES += pp/opreport opjitconv/opjitconv daemon/oprofiled
 ifeq ($(BR2_i386),y)
 OPROFILE_ARCH = i386
 endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_mipsel),y)
+OPROFILE_ARCH = mips
+endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_powerpc),y)
 OPROFILE_ARCH = ppc
 endif