diff --git a/cfg/alix/ROOTFS b/cfg/alix/ROOTFS
index 9536cc8..11e33e4 100644
--- a/cfg/alix/ROOTFS
+++ b/cfg/alix/ROOTFS
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ shadow
 openrc
 procps-ng
 psmisc
+file
diff --git a/cfg/rpi3/ROOTFS b/cfg/rpi3/ROOTFS
index 5a8a61b..b9b552e 100644
--- a/cfg/rpi3/ROOTFS
+++ b/cfg/rpi3/ROOTFS
@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ shadow
 openrc
 procps-ng
 psmisc
+file
diff --git a/pkg/file/build b/pkg/file/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..506faab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/file/build
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+VERSION="5.32"
+SRCDIR="file-${VERSION}"
+TARBALL="${SRCDIR}.tar.gz"
+URL="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file"
+SHA256SUM="8639dc4d1b21e232285cd483604afc4a6ee810710e00e579dbe9591681722b50"
+DEPENDS="zlib"
+
+prepare() {
+	return
+}
+
+build() {
+	local INPUT="$1"
+	local OUTPUT="$2"
+
+	$INPUT/configure --prefix="" --host="$TARGET" --disable-static
+
+	make -j $NUMJOBS
+}
+
+deploy() {
+	local SOURCE="$1"
+	local BUILD="$2"
+	local DEPLOY="$3"
+	local DEVDEPLOY="$4"
+
+	make DESTDIR="$DEPLOY" install-strip
+
+	mv "$DEPLOY/include" "$DEVDEPLOY"
+	rm -r "$DEPLOY/share"
+	rm -r ${DEPLOY}/lib/*.la
+	cp -r "$DEPLOY/lib" "$DEVDEPLOY"
+}
diff --git a/tcpkg/file/build b/tcpkg/file/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7d0d3f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tcpkg/file/build
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+source "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/file/build"
+DEPENDS=""
+
+prepare() {
+	return
+}
+
+build() {
+	local SOURCE="$1"
+	local BUILD="$2"
+
+	$SOURCE/configure --prefix="$TCDIR" --disable-static \
+			  --build="$HOSTTUPLE" --host="$HOSTTUPLE"
+
+	make -j $NUMJOBS
+}
+
+deploy() {
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/tcpkg/toolchain/build b/tcpkg/toolchain/build
index df4b143..9027f61 100755
--- a/tcpkg/toolchain/build
+++ b/tcpkg/toolchain/build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DEPENDS="gcc2 libgcc musl pkg-config"
+DEPENDS="gcc2 libgcc musl pkg-config file"
 
 build() {
 	return