diff --git a/frame_serialize/CBORStream2Serializer.cpp b/frame_serialize/CBORStream2Serializer.cpp
index a79370f1..dee8591f 100644
--- a/frame_serialize/CBORStream2Serializer.cpp
+++ b/frame_serialize/CBORStream2Serializer.cpp
@@ -917,12 +917,13 @@ void CBORStream2Serializer::AppendImage(size_t image_size) {
 
     buffer[curr_size - 2] = 0x40 + 27;
     curr_size--;
-#ifdef LITTLE_ENDIAN
-    size_t image_size_be = __builtin_bswap64(image_size);
-#else
-    size_t image_size_be = image_size;
-#endif
-    memcpy(buffer + curr_size, &image_size_be, sizeof(size_t));
+    // CBOR encodes the byte-string length as a big-endian 64-bit integer (major
+    // type 2, additional info 27). Write it big-endian byte-by-byte so the result
+    // is correct on any host endianness and needs no compiler-specific byte-swap
+    // intrinsic (__builtin_bswap64 is GCC/Clang-only; MSVC lacks it).
+    const uint64_t image_size_be = image_size;
+    for (size_t k = 0; k < sizeof(uint64_t); ++k)
+        buffer[curr_size + k] = static_cast<uint8_t>(image_size_be >> (8 * (sizeof(uint64_t) - 1 - k)));
     curr_size += sizeof(size_t);
     curr_size += image_size + 0;
     buffer[curr_size] = 0xFF;