diff --git a/internal/manual/manual_mips.go b/internal/manual/manual_mips.go
index 08bb880822..3b447a172d 100644
--- a/internal/manual/manual_mips.go
+++ b/internal/manual/manual_mips.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in
 // the LICENSE file.
 
-//go:build mips || mipsle || mips64p32 || mips64p32le
-// +build mips mipsle mips64p32 mips64p32le
+//go:build mips || mips64p32 || mips64p32le
+// +build mips mips64p32 mips64p32le
 
 package manual
 
diff --git a/internal/manual/manual_mipsle.go b/internal/manual/manual_mipsle.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..22d4ff7fdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/manual/manual_mipsle.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The LevelDB-Go and Pebble Authors. All rights reserved. Use
+// of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in
+// the LICENSE file.
+
+//go:build mipsle
+// +build mipsle
+
+package manual
+
+const (
+	// MaxArrayLen is a safe maximum length for slices on this architecture.
+	MaxArrayLen = 1 << 30
+)
diff --git a/internal/rawalloc/rawalloc_mips.go b/internal/rawalloc/rawalloc_mips.go
index 55b45eb100..aeb85faee1 100644
--- a/internal/rawalloc/rawalloc_mips.go
+++ b/internal/rawalloc/rawalloc_mips.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 // implied. See the License for the specific language governing
 // permissions and limitations under the License.
 
-//go:build mips || mipsle || mips64p32 || mips64p32le
-// +build mips mipsle mips64p32 mips64p32le
+//go:build mips || mips64p32 || mips64p32le
+// +build mips mips64p32 mips64p32le
 
 package rawalloc
 
diff --git a/internal/rawalloc/rawalloc_mipsle.go b/internal/rawalloc/rawalloc_mipsle.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39f72f5e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/rawalloc/rawalloc_mipsle.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Cockroach Authors.
+//
+// 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.
+
+//go:build mipsle
+// +build mipsle
+
+package rawalloc
+
+const (
+	maxArrayLen = 1 << 30
+)