diff --git a/port/atomic_pointer.h b/port/atomic_pointer.h
index 0f6f05e..1c4c7aa 100644
--- a/port/atomic_pointer.h
+++ b/port/atomic_pointer.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #define ARCH_CPU_ARM64_FAMILY 1
 #elif defined(__ppc__) || defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__)
 #define ARCH_CPU_PPC_FAMILY 1
+#elif defined(__mips__)
+#define ARCH_CPU_MIPS_FAMILY 1
 #endif
 
 namespace leveldb {
@@ -110,6 +112,13 @@ inline void MemoryBarrier() {
 }
 #define LEVELDB_HAVE_MEMORY_BARRIER
 
+// MIPS
+#elif defined(ARCH_CPU_MIPS_FAMILY) && defined(__GNUC__)
+inline void MemoryBarrier() {
+  __asm__ __volatile__("sync" : : : "memory");
+}
+#define LEVELDB_HAVE_MEMORY_BARRIER
+
 #endif
 
 // AtomicPointer built using platform-specific MemoryBarrier()