diff --git a/scripts/runqemu b/scripts/runqemu
index 09b231bf98..dbe17abfc5 100755
--- a/scripts/runqemu
+++ b/scripts/runqemu
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
         """attempt to determine the appropriate qemu-system binary"""
         mach = self.get('MACHINE')
         if not mach:
-            search = '.*(qemux86-64|qemux86|qemuarm64|qemuarm|qemumips64|qemumips|qemuppc).*'
+            search = '.*(qemux86-64|qemux86|qemuarm64|qemuarm|qemumips64|qemumips64el|qemumipsel|qemumips|qemuppc).*'
             if self.rootfs:
                 match = re.match(search, self.rootfs)
                 if match:
@@ -887,6 +887,10 @@ class BaseConfig(object):
             qbsys = 'mips'
         elif mach == 'qemumips64':
             qbsys = 'mips64'
+        elif mach == 'qemumipsel':
+            qbsys = 'mipsel'
+        elif mach == 'qemumips64el':
+            qbsys = 'mips64el'
 
         return 'qemu-system-%s' % qbsys