diff --git a/sys-apps/file/file-5.11.bep b/sys-apps/file/file-5.11.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2af82c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/file/file-5.11.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Identify a file's format by scanning binary data for patterns"
+HOMEPAGE="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/"
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-5.11.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="16a407bd66d6c7a832f3a5c0d609c27b"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd file-5.11
+	autoreconf -fvi
+	./configure --prefix="$(finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY)" \
+	--mandir="$(finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY)/man" \
+	--datadir="$(finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY)"
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd file-5.11
+	make install
+}
+LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
+COPYRIGHT="1986-1999 Ian F. Darwin"
diff --git a/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.11.patch b/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99a60b72f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/file/patches/file-5.11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -up file-5.11/configure.ac.orig file-5.11/configure.ac
+--- file-5.11/configure.ac.orig	2012-02-21 12:16:29.015728640 -0700
++++ file-5.11/configure.ac	2012-05-02 22:53:14.077594624 -0600
+@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ else
+    WARNINGS="-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith \
+        -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs \
+        -Wsign-compare -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wshadow \
+-       -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wextra -Wunused-parameter -Wformat=2"
++       -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings"
+ fi], [
+ if test "$GCC" = yes; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+    WARNINGS="-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wpointer-arith \
+        -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs \
+        -Wsign-compare -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wshadow \
+-       -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings -Wextra -Wunused-parameter -Wformat=2"
++       -Wcast-qual -Wwrite-strings"
+ else
+    WARNINGS=
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)