diff --git a/psw/ae/aesm_service/source/upse/u_certificate_provisioning.cpp b/psw/ae/aesm_service/source/upse/u_certificate_provisioning.cpp
index e0690656b..8eeddac9a 100644
--- a/psw/ae/aesm_service/source/upse/u_certificate_provisioning.cpp
+++ b/psw/ae/aesm_service/source/upse/u_certificate_provisioning.cpp
@@ -700,15 +700,21 @@ ae_error_t pib_verify_signature(platform_info_blob_wrapper_t& piBlobWrapper)
         //BREAK_IF_TRUE((sizeof(publicKey) != sizeof(s_pib_pub_key_big_endian)), ae_err, AE_FAILURE);
         //BREAK_IF_TRUE((sizeof(signature) != sizeof(piBlobWrapper.platform_info_blob.signature)), ae_err, AE_FAILURE);
 
+        // convert the public key to little endian
         if(0!=memcpy_s(&publicKey, sizeof(publicKey), s_pib_pub_key_big_endian, sizeof(s_pib_pub_key_big_endian))){
             ae_err = AE_FAILURE;
             break;
         }
+        SwapEndian_32B(((uint8_t*)&publicKey) +  0);
+        SwapEndian_32B(((uint8_t*)&publicKey) + 32);
 
+        // convert the signature to little endian
         if(0!=memcpy_s(&signature, sizeof(signature), &piBlobWrapper.platform_info_blob.signature, sizeof(piBlobWrapper.platform_info_blob.signature))){
             ae_err = AE_FAILURE;
             break;
         }
+        SwapEndian_32B(((uint8_t*)&signature) +  0);
+        SwapEndian_32B(((uint8_t*)&signature) + 32);
 
         sgx_status = sgx_ecc256_open_context(&ecc_handle);
         BREAK_IF_TRUE((SGX_SUCCESS != sgx_status), ae_err, AE_FAILURE);
diff --git a/sdk/trts/Makefile b/sdk/trts/Makefile
index dfe886aec..0e23af10a 100644
--- a/sdk/trts/Makefile
+++ b/sdk/trts/Makefile
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ $(OBJS2): %.o: %.cpp
 	$(CXX) -c $(TCXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -fPIC $< -o $@
 
 .PHONY: elf_parser
-elf_parser:
+elf_parser: $(OBJS)
 	$(MAKE) -C linux
 
 .PHONY: clean