diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 60e380d83d..ce0ed2397d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2597,6 +2597,7 @@ TOOLCHAIN_FEATURES="
     ibm_asm
     inline_asm_direct_symbol_refs
     inline_asm_nonlocal_labels
+    loongson_mmi_mnemonics
     pragma_deprecated
     rsync_contimeout
     symver_asm_label
@@ -6658,7 +6659,14 @@ elif enabled mips; then
     enabled loongson3 && check_inline_asm loongson3 '"gsldxc1 $f0, 0($2, $3)"' '-mloongson-ext' && append MMIFLAGS '-mloongson-ext'
 
     # MMI can be detected at runtime too
-    enabled mmi && check_inline_asm mmi '"pxor $f0, $f0, $f0"' '-mloongson-mmi' && append MMIFLAGS '-mloongson-mmi'
+    enabled mmi && {
+        check_inline_asm loongson_mmi_mnemonics '"pxor $f0, $f0, $f0\n\tssrld $f0, $f0, $f0"' '-mloongson-mmi' || {
+            # the MMI code does not build for O32 and assumes little-endian
+            disable mmi
+            enabled mips64 && ! enabled bigendian &&
+                check_inline_asm mmi '"xor $f0, $f0, $f0"' '-mloongson-mmi'
+        }
+    } && append MMIFLAGS '-mloongson-mmi'
 
     if enabled bigendian && enabled msa; then
         disable msa
diff --git a/libavutil/mips/mmiutils.h b/libavutil/mips/mmiutils.h
index 7991e14e84..47cdb19f1c 100644
--- a/libavutil/mips/mmiutils.h
+++ b/libavutil/mips/mmiutils.h
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
 #include "libavutil/mem_internal.h"
 #include "libavutil/mips/asmdefs.h"
 
+#if !HAVE_LOONGSON_MMI_MNEMONICS
+/* GNU binutils lacks Loongson's names for these MMI instructions */
+__asm__(".macro pxor  d, s, t\n\txor  \\d, \\s, \\t\n\t.endm\n"
+        ".macro pand  d, s, t\n\tand  \\d, \\s, \\t\n\t.endm\n"
+        ".macro por   d, s, t\n\tor   \\d, \\s, \\t\n\t.endm\n"
+        ".macro pnor  d, s, t\n\tnor  \\d, \\s, \\t\n\t.endm\n"
+        ".macro ssrld d, s, t\n\tdsrl \\d, \\s, \\t\n\t.endm\n"
+        ".macro sslld d, s, t\n\tdsll \\d, \\s, \\t\n\t.endm\n");
+#endif
+
 /*
  * These were used to define temporary registers for MMI marcos
  * however now we're using $at. They're theoretically unnecessary