diff --git a/libcutils/Android.mk b/libcutils/Android.mk
index 3485392..17b320f 100644
--- a/libcutils/Android.mk
+++ b/libcutils/Android.mk
@@ -130,7 +130,11 @@
 LOCAL_CFLAGS += -DHAVE_MEMSET16 -DHAVE_MEMSET32
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES += arch-x86/android_memset16.S arch-x86/android_memset32.S memory.c
 else # !x86-atom
+ifeq ($(TARGET_ARCH),mips)
+LOCAL_SRC_FILES += arch-mips/android_memset.c
+else # !mips
 LOCAL_SRC_FILES += memory.c
+endif # !mips
 endif # !x86-atom
 endif # !arm
 
diff --git a/libcutils/arch-mips/android_memset.c b/libcutils/arch-mips/android_memset.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbc99fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcutils/arch-mips/android_memset.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <cutils/memory.h>
+
+/* Use mips-assembler versions supplied by bionic/libc/arch-mips/string/memset.S: */
+void _memset16(uint16_t* dst, uint16_t value, size_t size);
+void _memset32(uint32_t* dst, uint32_t value, size_t size);
+
+void android_memset16(uint16_t* dst, uint16_t value, size_t size)
+{
+    _memset16(dst, value, size);
+}
+
+void android_memset32(uint32_t* dst, uint32_t value, size_t size)
+{
+    _memset32(dst, value, size);
+}