diff --git a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.h b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.h
index 25f2e6c734..1dbf09e2f0 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.h
+++ b/src/openrct2/platform/Platform.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "../core/DateTime.h"
 #include "../core/StringTypes.h"
 
+#include <bit>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@
     #define MAX_PATH 260
 #endif
 
+static_assert(
+    std::endian::native == std::endian::little, "OpenRCT2 is known to be broken on big endian. Proceed with caution!");
+
 enum class SPECIAL_FOLDER
 {
     USER_CACHE,